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Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1849-07-04

Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1849-07-04 page 1

WEEKLY 0 TO nn a rno 11JDJ "N. IT RNAL VOLUME XXXIX. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1849. NUMBER 45. PUBLISHED EVBRY WKDNK8DAY MORNING, BY THRALL & UKED. Jlflcotn t!ie Journal Hnilditig, south ehst corner of Hint) t root and Sunr alloy. WM.B.THUALL AND HKNHY RKKD,Editoih. TEHMS: ThrkePom,ahfir annum, which may be discharged by the payment of Two Dui.tAimin adviiiioe.aud froo o postage, or of per centime to Agent! or Colleotors. Tho Journal ii also published Uaily ami Tri-VVeckly du-riiH the year Daily, purniinum.flo t Tri-Wookly, &S 60. WKUNl-NJlAY KVISNING, June 27, 1840. Onto Canals Receipts, Ac. The following Utile which we have made out from the booki in tlio Auditor of State'soffice, will correct an impression prevailing, that tho business on our canals is less this season than during the year 1848. The focal year commences nn the 15th of November. Tolls, Water Hents and Fines, collected on the Ohio Canals and paid into the State Treasury during the quar ters ending Feb. 15, and May 15, 1840. Cholera Report An Irish woman, whose name wo hare not learned, died lost evening, about d o'clock, from the cholera, fcilio had had warning by the premonitory lymptomi, for twenty-four hours or more, but treated tlieui with neglect. Wo hear of no new cases in town to-day. Bo many of our citiieni have left, that we are inclined to tliink the contagion has all been carried beyond Hie limiti of thu corporation, and that there ii little danger to those who remain. It ia to be hoped that our citizeni who have If ft their homei and their neighbors, will find, if they should happen to he attacked, such medical advice and careful attendance, as shall compensate litem fur tho trouble they have been at in running away Hy the way, this running from the cholera is about the poorest bui'metis a nmn ran engage in. The Statesman's Logic nnd his Proof -a usual The editor of the Statesman endeavors to prove for our benefit, (introducing Ins testimony with msny tweet words and honeyed phrases,) i hut " the government has Inst more money in its dealings with banks, than would pay the entire debt created by the last war with Meiico." For this purpose he introduces as his solo item of proof, a (Vtcumeiit which shows that after the war of 1HI2, Hie government of the United States actually suffered a loss of forty sii million! of dollars fur the want of an United States Hank. We have no doubt of it ; and as the Statesman seems to doubt the validity of the testimony, because it is taken from a Whig document, we most solemnly assure the editor that in that matter he need tnke to himself no trouble We have the most implicit confidence in its correctness.Hut what does the Statesman's testimony amount to? Precisely this The government was desperately in want of money. It had no specie the people none, and the banks next to none. Tho banks were in a tale of iu pen ion, and their currency was below par, while specie was at a premium. The wants of the government were imperious, and as a favor to itself, it was forced to borrow the depreciated notes of the banks which were worth something, giving iu return its own Treasury notes, which ts a marketable article were worth nothing. In the whole transaction, the government was the gaining party ; but whether so or not, it was neither defiauded nor suffered anything that it had any right to consider as a loss not contemplated in the original negotiation. Wool Hi Production There is a belief current in Germany, that the population of the earth is, at present, outstripping the production of wool ; and that (he supply is constantly growing less iu proportion ti the demand. They say that if the United Slates, and other growing coun. tries, do not henceforth supply their own wants for wool, the posterity of such Europeans and others who live in cold climates, will, in less than a century, find the deficiency a matter of public inconvenience. Whether such is really the ease, is scarcely at pre. ent within the reach ol verification j but, true or not, it is certain that the experience of the past gives great encouragement to thoie who desire to enter into the production of wool, and the improvement of the breeds of sheep. The farmer may groan, and frequently doe i, over thu low price which ho receives for his fleeces, in comparison with wh it was paid a quarter of a century ago, for those of the same quality ; but when he counts the cost, and the advantages, as well as the troubles incident to sheep breeding, lie will still find, especially in districts distant from market, few pursuits that yield a m're certain, regular or remunerating return. It is of great advantage to a farmer, lo produce such crops as do not, on account of the danger of deterioration, require a market instantly upon the harvest ; and the ability to preserve the pro-duct and the increase, until the time of a better or (rmer market, is of much practical value to the gra tier, whether of cattle or sheep. A Fighting Editor tour Untile in one Day The editor of the Springfield (III ) Journal gives a humorous account of the street lights through which he was obliged to pass in the course of one afternoon, Ho was attacked on four different occasions by the editors of the llegister fust by one, then by the other, and afterwards by both; and in all cases came otT vic torious, although his adversaries were hacked by a posse contitalus ot bullies, gathered fur the purpose uf seeing IliiU whipped. Kg is, cudgels, and finally pitch forks were resorted to as weapons of offence, and blows, thrusts, ft-mis snd parrying! took place, upon the description of which none but a Horner could confer the requisite degree of dignity and graphic vigor The nlTray ended by a running charge, pitchfork in hand, 111 rough the streets of tho town, at the close of which one ot the llegister gentlemen was treed in the uoruer of a merchant s store, and forced to beg not to bo run through with the fork handle. Pioacrlplion" Tho Statesman last evening was shedding as it were great drops of tears, fresh from the fountain of his compassion, over the latest instance uf "proscription" The particular instance which lias elicited all this feeling on the part of our neighbor, is the appoint-inrut of Hhtrt f.arimore, Esq., of this city, as Mail Agent on the Rulroad cira between Springfield and Cincinnati, whieh put had previously been held by Mr. tlrntk M. liars; and tins is what the Statesman calls ' proscription." We know not the causes which operated to produce this change, and have heard of no allegations against the official conduct of Mr. Ware, who we believe hi a worthy young mm. Still, we cannot but admire the sans sand griel of the States man, on his being displaced especially when we re-member that it will be just two years ago next Thursday morning, since tins self-same chief mourner unceremoniously dismissed this same Mr. Ware from the situation of a Clerkship in the Columbus Post Office; and doggedly refused to assign the reason therefor, though respectfully asked so to do by Mr. Ware. Feb. 15 Ohio Canal $30,421 18 Miami and Erie 20,103 02 Muskingum Improvement 10,777 00 MockingCanal 1,122 05 Walhonding Canal 117 HQ Total $77,0111 7!l Same period 1847-8 U 1,4: 1-1 41 Increase $0,107 36" $r8 U7 Total amount received to May I5lh, 1811) $11)1.1)74 M " " 184d 182,748 10 May 15 $18,751 42 50,070 78 i4,mt 25 30!) 41 320 86 $114,372 n 114,313 75 Increase in 1840 $0,22G 35 The "Miami and Erie Cannl " comprehends the canals formerly known as the Miami, Miami Ellen sion, and Wubash and Erie canals, which were con solidated by an act of the last Legislature under that title. The principal increase in the receipts has been on the Muskingum Improvement, amounting to $11, 400 22. There is an increase on the Ohio Canal of ,744 72, white the Miami and Erie shows a decrease of $3,730 83. This is attributable to the break near Cincinnati in tin early part of the season. Tho tolls on the Ohio Canal during the first quarter are derived chiefly from produce shipped on the southern portion nf the cannl, to be forwarded via New Orleans to New York. This canal was not open throughout its entire length before the 25th of April. The receipts from the canals between the 15th of May and the 10th June, are as follows Ohio Canal Miami and Erie Muskingum Improvement Hocking Canal Walhonding Canal ..$74,304 82 74,002 24 4,005 8!) 1,57!) 43 202 23 .$154,034 til A few words of Colloquy. Statesman " The Journal last night has a long leader on the riches of Cslifornia." Journal Our neighbor is slightly mistaken. Tlie article was upon the growth rather than the riches of that country. Statesman" How long is it sinee the Whigs assured the people that the whole California country was not worth a haubee t" Journal v still continue to believe, that lo the United Slates, the whole country is not worth a bau-bee . Statesman And that Mr. Polk g it up the war merely to eitend slavery there f " Journal So we are assured he did, but the nun, "lily of his heart, and the cfime of his hand, was over ruled by a higher power, who saw Mr, Folk as lie was. Statesman " The Journal also now tells us, that there is no dan tter of slavery in that region, as the people themsrlves will settle that." Journal The Journal said no such thing. It sis. led, In ubslauee, that the question nf slavery ttas settled without any voluntary action of the cople upon it. When the Statesman's kitten gets its eyea open, it had better read the article again. UT C L. Vallandij-hain, late editor nf the Daiftan Empire, takes his leave of the readers of that paper, In tho last number, having disposed of his interest therein. Thu Empire remains iu the hands nf Mr. Fitch, his late partner. Mr. V is a man of considerable showy talent He deserves some credit for Ins unexpected moderation in regard to the revolutionary movements going on in the Stale during last year. 119 was looked upon, in the Legislature, as a member of some promise, and we have heard very respectable efforts of his at the bar. As the conductor of a journal, however, he has exhibited the nppnii ol that good nature, which he has shown in bis other callings, nd has given to tl.s world but a tame imitation of the Ohio Slate! man. Total Making the total net receipts into the Stale Treas ury, from all the Ohio Canals, from Nov. 15th to June 10th, $340,000 12. There is no menus afforded hy the Auditor's books, to compare the receipts since May 15th, with those of the corresponding period of last year; but from what we can learn there is a decided increase. We shall have occasion to say more on this point hereafter, and after a further examination nf the laws on the subject. Q3" We understand (hat the laws of last winter have been ready for distribution, for the last six or eight weeks. We understand, also, that they are de tained here, awaiting the tardy movements of the distinguished functionary appointed to do certain printing by the mnjority of the late House of Representatives. Hus it come to this, that the great State of Ohio must be deprived of its laws, for a considerable part of the year, for the purpose of carrying out the peculiarly interesting measures of Townshend at Co., who felt bound lo reward the gallant Colonel for his extraordinary summerset on the Ulack Laws question? Q3 The electric telegraph is, it seems, regarded as something of a nuisance by journals in England as well as in this country. The London Times and oth er journals complain of "the very high prices charged by the Electric Telegraph Company for the transmission of intelligence j" and that " persons interested in the matter are beginning to complain, that whereas the said company advertises its means of conveying information as " atrurate and cheap, ' it has been found iiuito the reverse of either the one or lac other." ILT The Ohio State Agricultural Fair, which was to lie held in Cincinnati in September next, and for which extensive preparation had been making, lias been postponed until next year, on account of tho cholera, by order of the State Board of Agriculture. Parlor Politicians. There is a class of men hanging to the skirts of eve. ry parly, who do much not only to mar success, but to embitter defeat. The Whig parly Is not exempt from this elsss ; and those whom it is its misfortune to embrace, are, wo apprehend, managing matters in their usual way, with a view to secure to themselves an undue share of the benefits of (he recent victory, won by the hard-working men of the party. We know of no more appropriate name fur these men, than Parlor Politicians. They are never known or heard of during the atril'e of (he contest, and never mingle with the masses who do the hard work of the party. They have no taste for such rough and ill requited labor Tho very air of the committee room is repulsive to them, and they would consider themselves degraded were they to bn seen however gloved and perfumed mingling in the promiscuous crowd of a town meet-iug. They prefer the employment of their time in corresponding with the prominent men of the parly tn and out of the State; and while duly registering every act of the active working men of the parly, as. sumo an extensive knowledge of political affairs, and promise such and audi results. They mako up despatches from the newspapers at regular intervals, which they forward lo the principal men of the nation, more especially to the candidates for the Presidency, Vice Presidency, Congress, Ac; and supposing one-tenth of their letters are answered, they pay five limes as much for postage as they contribute towards thu excuses of the campaign. Tina is a much easier way lo gain a reputation among the prominent men of the country lor activity and influence as parly men men whose time and talents have been employed lo advance the interests and secure the success uf tho party than it is to work fur it ; and it is to be regret led that in loo many instances it has proved but too uceesslul. We will not venture so much as even loestimato the number n letters written to (Jen. Taylor during the past year by these pat lor politicians men who ne ver raised a hand to secure the victory never contributed uf their means, and some of whom, perhaps, even ridiculed as foolish, the untiring efforts of those who, less able than themselves, were never tin less heart and hand in the work, devoting to it not only 'heir means, when requisite, but all their energies el now that the victory has been won, these nice gentlemen who could pel form no parly drudgery but whose presumptious proceedings tended often to embarrass those w ho did the work are the most clamorous for offico ; and bringing lo their aid the names of men of influence, who never heard of them except through their own letters, they too often succeed by impudently pressing their own claims, iu thrusting a side the really deserving. We hope President Taylor will keep a close eye upon this class of men. Let the inquiry be instituted as to what services they have rendered, where, and how.' There is a rule of right and a principle of justice which should be rigidly adhered to, and wc trust that in the distribution of the patronage of the government, it may fall to those who are deserving of it. It is In the working men of (he parly tint the administration is indebted for its success. It is tu its working men, that Ihe Whig party owes a debt of gratitude ; and its first demand upon an administration of (la own ores, ing, is that the claims of these men shall not be over, looked. TAW. Daily .Win. T lit It N DAY EVIiNING, Jnne S, IH49. Health. The worst indication in the health of our city which has fallen under our notice for several days past, is lite choleric symptoms of our dear neighbor. It is clearly spasmodic in its type and there are signs of its becoming epidemic, as several persons have been seized with s, passion for writing on the subject. Aside from these symptoms, Columbus is in the enjoyment of as good health to day as it ever was on any preceding dny of June, since the trees were cleared off the ground. Let those who think the city is now very arckly, exercise themselves moderately iu some useful employment, and Ihey will find themselves greatly re lieved. Let tliuac who think tho city very filthy, purify their own imaginations, and the city will present a better aspect. Let those who would do good service to the community, cease their croaking and prat ing shout cholera, and there will perhaps be less of it to croak and prate about. We have admitted this description of articles into our columns to-day, until we feel that an apology is due to our readers for the space they occupy. Two or three which came later to hand, are for this reason postponed. The Infected District. On the invitation of Doct, Id a, who has the care of "the Jewett Property," we paid a visit this morning to tli at locality, where so large a proportion of the cholera cases which have occurred in this city have had their origin. The premises are located on a high bluff bank of the Scioto river, at tho western termina tion of Rich atreet, being one square north of Friend street, by which tho National Road enters Columbus from the east. There were living on this property when the cholera made its appearance here a week ago, eight families. The tenements occupied by these fam ilies were, the spacious block u three story buildings, corner of Rich and Scioto streets ; the mansion house of the late C1. Jewett, fronting Walnut alley, (occu pied by Mr. Sumner Clark ;) a two-slory frame building on Rich street, west of Scioto, (occupied by M'tj. Barker ;) and a two-stnry frame cottage in the common enclosure, occupied for fifteen years past, by the ill- fated Smith family. Resides these buildings there is on the premises a large frame, used as a sort of lum ber house. ll is true, that the extremely warm anil humid at-Unisphere of the past few days, denotes some points on the premises which require and are receiving at- tention ; but at the same lime, we are free to express (he opinion, that there is nothing even in the worst of these, that in ordinary seasons would invito serious animadversion, or excite alarm. The known habits ol punctilious cleanliness on the part of several families inhabiting the premises, are a sufficient guaranty lo tlmse acquainted with the individuals, that no gross neglect of this virtue would be tolerated iu their immediate vicinity. We do not undertake to account for the fact that a very large proportion of cholera cases liavo bad their origin in Ibis immediate vicinity. What we have to remark is, that there is upon the premises no apparent cause for its breaking out there, more than in almost any other portion of the city. The premises have, at the very least, an ordinary air of comfort and cleanliness. There are upon Ihe grounds, it ia true, some luxuri-oiii looking gardens, and these may bo responsible for some esculents which ordinarily tempt the appetite, but are now under the ban. One or two gutters which serve to drain the premises have become par tially estopped by the effect ot the recent showers, and the rapid growth of grass ; but they are not worse than may frequently be found about a house, without x filing special wonder. It may be that the City Council should be required to account for the recent appearance of cholera in the city, and for all its eccentricities. If they cannot do thai, what is Ihe use of having a city council ? Again If the appearance of the cholera on the Jewett properly, is owing lo tho thousatid-and-niue causes which have been sagely assigned, why did it touch there for a night and a day, and then disappear, leaving all these producing causes in full force and effect? Let the City Council answer that. 1 Canal Tolls. In our paper nf laid evening it was stated that "there is no means afforded by tho Auditor's books to coin-pare the receipts since thu 15th May with those of Ihe corresponding period last year " We ore informed that this statement is incorrect The books in tho Auditor's office show tho weekly receipts ot each collector's office. We have been fur nished by the chief clerk in tho Department of Public Works with the following comparative statement of the lolls collected each week iu the mouths of A-pril, May, and June, lo the 18th inst, in the years 18-18, and 1840. The result shows a very gratifying in-create in the business of 1H40 up to the present time Week ending 1818. Week ending 1840. April 9.. Hi., it 30.. May 7.. ' 14.. 21.. 28.. June 4.. " 11.. Id.. . $13,075 85 . 10,850 20 . 10,007 60 . 10,007 78 . 10,000 04 . 17,504 04 . 15,010 81 . 10,704 10 . 23.007 40 . 2 ),210 03 . 21,518 55 $205,100 02 April 8. " 15.. " 22. . 20.. May 0.. " 13.. 21).. 27.. June 3. . l.. 17.. $11,120 GO . 17,028 05 . 22,084 31 . 22,021 37 . 21,001 50 . 25,024 07 . 22,003 00 . 28,087 70 . 28,720 70 . 38,0s2 10 . 28,120 40 $208,804 47 205,100 03 Increase tn canal revenue during the II weeks ending June 17, '40, over amount collected during the same period 1848. .$03,034 85 Whig Nominations la JUichigatu Ttio Whigs nf Michigan, at their State Convention holdeu an Ihe 20th iust., nominated John Owen, of Detroit, for Governor, Uxoitoe A. Cox, of llraneh, for Lieutenant Governor, and H. 11. Dlkki.ek for Stale Printer. The Whigs of the Stale go into the canvass in good spirits, determined to deserve success if they do not secure it. During the session of the Convention, propositions for a coalition with the Free Soil party of the Slate were received from a Convention of that sent, then in session ; but as the terms offered were such as could not be accepted without a sacrifice of principle nn the part of the Whigs, they were declined. Tho Free Soilers will doubtless find a parly with which they can coalesce on their own terms. Qj" James B. Clay, Esq , son of the Hon. Henry ('lay, has received and accepted the appointment of Charge d'Afl'aires to tho kingdom of Portugal. Mr. Clay will leave for his destination in the course of next mouth. The Flllhluat Plnce in Columbus. The editor of the Statesman appears to have con stituted himself an especial watchman over the doings of the city authorities. He treats them with the choicest specimens of his vocabulary, if they do not instantly undertake Ihose measures of sanitary reform which ho has chosen lo consider necessary to the health of the city. He has, of Lite, become a great enemy In dirt ; and from his editorial abhorrence of the article tn others, one would be led to suppose, that for a beast of the kind, he himself is a remarkably clean one. As a practical commentary upon tins ex traordinary neatness, however, we desire to call Ihe attention of those who have the curiosity lo examine, to what is believed to be Ihe filthiest place in the city. It will be found in Ihe sll-y which passes the States man office, and all along the lot upon which that building stands. There dirty water appears in un wholesome puddles, hogs wallow in the mud at the bottom, and a green scum collects on tho top. Piles of rubbish are accumulated on all aides, the vicinity bears every appearance of untidiness snd neglect, and the moral pestilence within the building is fitly represented by the unwholesome appearance without. y So far as these nuisances are on public ground, we hopo they will be promptly attended to by tbo authorities. To clear up tho premises attached to the Statesman oilier, we propose a private subscription, of not lo exceed a penny from any subscriber. The lib eral editor of ihe Statesman desires to sweeten hn premises wilh lime, at the public cxeiise. We hope ho will be gratified. There is a communication in to-day's Journal, upon the same subject. Progress of the Cholera in tho West The Dayton Transcript ol yesterday, notices four deaths in that city from cholera, on Monday snd Tuei day last. There were riht deaths of cholera at Portsmouth, during I ho week ending on Tuesday. The dreadful mortality at Aurora, (Indiana,) con linues, although a very large number of the inhabi tants have left for the country. The deaths last week number 00. The entire population is only HiK) Prof. James Hamilton, for 2-"t years t.'.e eminent Professor of Mathematics in the Nashville University, died of the cholera on Thursday evening last. Three of Prof. H.'s sisters also died during the week. The cholera is thought to be abating at Maysvilli Ky. The number of deaths from the disease during the week ending on Saturday, was Ij. Chitlicothe and Circlevillu are as yet free from tho disease. No eases have occurred in either place The Cincinnati Dispatch says, that a man died after Ihe arrival of the cars from thai city at Springfield, one night last week. He was a native uf Meadville, Pennsylvania, and was reluming home after spending the winter in the South. On his way up he coin phvncd to the conductor of feeling unwell. On the arrival of the cars at Ihe depol, he could not be found, and it was supposed he bad gone lo the hotel. The next morning his dead body was found by the side of the railroad. His remains were interred, and his ef fects forwarded to Ins family. Tnhill. A letter dated Tahiti, December, 1848, says : " The whole number of American vessels entering the port during last year was twelve, of French the same number, sou ol r.ngi.sit six or erven, i wo principal reasons may be assigned why our whalemen have forsaken this port, by fur the best tn tho Pacific; the change of government, and Ihe fact llial they can not procure Irish potatoes, an indispensable article oi supplies to whale ships. The population of Tahiti amounts 9b about OO00 natives and 400 foreigners, and of Emieualmul 1300 The French have a military force consisting of about l0t0 men, and a frigate of bO gu.is lying in the harbor It costs France $.100,000 a year to keep up her establish-me nt. The English Protestant Missionaries continue their labors on all Ihe Society Islands, without any opposition or disturbance, They relnm (he same influence over the nslivt s that Ihey held formerly ; the Catholics not having yet made a single proselyte, as I am assured, although they have a bishop and some Priests at Tahiti, and are carrying on missionary operations very srslouslv among all ihe Islands of the South Pa-cilia. The Catholic ll shop and priests at Tahiti are very estimable men, and ht lwren Ibrin and the Prol. eti nt clergymen, the most friendly inieicourse ex. uls." Then nnd Now One year ago, a good-for-nothing fellow, and apos tate preacher ol the gospel, known by the name of K, S. Hamlin, was in Detroit, bussing about certain per sons nf distinction, for the very laudable purpose of generously 11 thrusting fame " in larger quantities upon them. U here is he now f Asa reward for his services and suffering, he was entrusted by the " balance ol power " wilh an important station, and ia in receipt uf a salary. Hut, irAfrs is he t Who of bis ardent admirers ean tell of his present whereabouts, and how hs useful lima ia employed t Cum oe a Cask. The Toronto, (Cannda,) papers give the details of a rather singular judicial trial which took place in thai city lately, being nothing less than the suit of a fugitive slave sga nst his former master, to recover wages for labor done for the defendant while in his service in Ihe United Slates. The slave was from New Orleans, and being taken to RufTalo lowait upon lua master, took advantage of the chance and escaped to Canada, lie then decoyed bis master to Toronto by promises of returning with him, and when there had him arrested for debt. Tho auit was deci Dkatiis ok DisriNaeisiiRu Divikki. Rev. Win. li Tappan died of cholera, at Boston, on the 10th instant, and the Right Rev. Mr, Tyler, Roman Catholic Bishop, died at Providence, on the same day. (U Joseph W. Brigi;s,of Sullivan county, Indiana, has been nominated by the Whigs as a candidate for Congress, in tho district composed of Cloy, Sullivan and Vigo counties. Adoi.itio.i of (ii; akantiks. The British General Ooaid has, in a lengthy and able report to Parliament, proposed the entire abolition nf quarantine, and the substitution of general sanitary regulations on ships in port, aa belter calculated lo prevent the introduction of contagious diseases from abroad. For the Ohio Mate Journal. Mkssrs Euitohs: I observe in your paper of Tues day, the announcement thai Rev. Wm. C. Anderson, D. D., of Dayton, hnd been chosen, at a recent inert- ing of the Board of Trustees, President of Miami University. A more judicious and appropriate selection could not have been made. Dr. A. is peculiarly qual ified to discharge the duties uf the post to which he has been elected. Whilst his attainment! as a scholar are sufficiently varied and extensive lo render him competent lo impart instruction in the particular branches tu be taught in his department, Ins experience as a teacher will qualify linn well tu exercise suitable control and discipline, lie possesses iu an eminent degree, other quililications more important than that uf mere scholarship, lie is a man of sound practical common setie, intelligent in regard to mental peculi arities and aptitudes, and consequently, capable of a dapling discipline and instruction lo tho varied tastes and talents ol students. He is also strongly characterised by kindness, equanimity and attractive man. uers, which have won for him Ihe confidence and cor dial esteem of all who know him, and which specially fit lum for securing the sincere and ardent attachment of pupils. As an Alumni of Miamus University, and anxious for its prosperity, I am truly gratified with Ihe choice of th? Boaid of Trustees, and can confidently congratulate the friends of that Institution upon the prospect of its restored prosperity and advancement under the guidance of Dr. Anderson. A CITIZEN. f or Hie Ohio efiate Journal. Mr.sns. Tun a i.i. ai lU r.u: In the Slslesmnn " of the 2'nd mat I notice some remarks of I lie editor, respecting the city authorities Hosavs: ' Our city authorities acl like children nay, hall' the children in town would disown them as tit uuardians m tlio commonest mailers of business; liicy have shown themselves wholly unlit for their duties, and il would be a blessing to the Town if Ihey wwild resign, and permit others more capable lo lake their places." iViw, Messrs. r.dilors, there in all cities rroakirs and panic makers, who estimate their own abilities very (uglily. 1 lie editor ol tlie "Statesman is ihe duel croaker here ; and he thinks he knows more than nit hts frllotr-cili'.rns together ! For although they have re-elected and kept s it other, many ol the city council lor years, on account of their capacity and ihe faithful discharge nf their duties, yet tn this great mans estimation, Ihey are " like children." lie says they tiave been making " an intnumua sjieculation in Ihu lives of the citix-'tis in the lime business," Now th facts are Ihcar t some weeks since the board of health recommended spreading lime on the streets and alleys, and Ihe City Council immediately ordered seven hundred bushels to be purchased and spread on all streets and alleys where it was necessary, and directed the agent to girt it freely to any family who was suppo. sd to be uuaule to pay for it; and to sell il to nil others at what it cost at the kiln, without any cliargu for delivering it. This is the infamous speculation on ihe lives of our cilixena ' tn the opinion ol that greit man. E uly iu the season Ihe cily council appointed s Board of Health, consisting nf active, rffirieul men in every Ward, to have Ihe City cleaned in every p"t : and Ihey have done their duly faithfully. I dotibl wheih er there are now half dxen towns in Ihe United States tl at are as clean as (Ins city. The dirtiest place I have seen in the city, is the private alley immediately back of the Statesman nlliee ; which ia caused by (lie owner's needed tn make Ins pavement on the ailoy, so that the gutter might carry otl the filth. But soon men never can sen tlie lieain tn their own eve. Mr. Medary was formerly printer for Ihe cily but at tlie last letting he would not do it on as fair terms as his neighbors, ami did not get it nnd nf rimrst he must abuse the Cily Count U until he gets the jtdt f Mr. S Hruh also makes some Utfgcslione. He was a candidate for the council, and should hare hetn elirttd; for he has tho weightof the city government on his shoulders, and makes more suggestions for the direction of the council, than all other ciluena beanies. Did ho make an estimate of Ihe quantity of lime it would require lo give every householder one bushel twice a week for three mouths i It would require about 25,000 bushels ; and would cost, including tlie expense of delivery, about $2000 for the benefit of the Tax-payers, at a time when the city has been utilised to borrow $10,000 lo pay for the improvements now going on. An Old Citixkn. FRIDAY UVF.NING, June 20, 1H40. Tho Cholera We understand Ihat there are two new cases of cholera since our last notice, both of which are likely to terminate fatally Mr. John Thompson, and his child. Mr. Thompson is aauii-in-law ot Mrs. Kinney who died of cholera last week. He resides in the block where the other fatal cases have occurred. fit lite Priutlug Wo slated a day or two since, on what we regarded as very good authority, that tlio laws of last wintor have been ready for distribution, for the last six or eight weeks. In reference lo this statement, our amiable, civil, and very estimable, neighbor, in the Statesman of last evening, with his classic and characters-lie manner, replies, that "a Mors wilful and deliberate falsehood" than the above statement, "never em'ma- ttd from that notoriously false sheet." We said this sort of language is characteristic of ila writer, and Ihe paper in which it appears. The writer asserts a fact, ihough in such a manner, (and evidently with that intent,) as lo convey a false imprcHsion. If the Statesman really intended to bo understood that our remark that (he laws of last winter have been ready for dis. tribution for the I ml six or eight weeks past, is the greatest falsehood eter found in our columns, we have no controversy with our neighbor on that point. But if he means to be understood that the statement is not substantially correct, we tako issue wilh him, and ap peal from his blackgunrd literature to facts accessible lo all who care enough about a bushel of his vernacti-! lar chaff to hunt through it for a small grain of common sense or truth. Wo have (alien the trouble to enquire, and have as certained that the General Laws of the last session were completed, and the Inst portion uf thern actually delivered by the printer, (Mr. C Scott,) on the 11th day of May last, which wo find, by reference lo the counting-houart almanac, was precisely seven weeks ago to-day. Ihe Iical Laws were in like manner printed and delivered one week earlier. So that Ihe statement that " the laws of last winter" have been ready for distribution " for the last six or eight weeks,'' was not very much of a ' falsehood "although the Statesman voluntarily certifies it to be the greatest he has ever been able to discover in our paper ! i he Public Documents ordered to be printed to ac company tho Laws, were completed and delivered by the same printer, at a still earlier date. And we have no manner of doubt that had nut Ihe hybridous legis. fiture, in carrying out the details of the contract for w hich the votes of locofnco members for the repeal of the black laws the election of Chase lo the Senate, ami Spalding and Caldwell to the Supreme Bench of Hamlin to bo President of the Board of Public Works and our amiable neighbor to print the Bills, for which M ij Phillips had the contract, and the Journals, for which Mr. Scott had the contract we have no doubt, we say, but thai for the interruption of these contracts, tor the purpose of carrying out the corrupt Townshend contract, the Laws and Journals would have been distributed to the respective counties before this time. Can the Statesman give a rough guess as to Ilio lime when the printing of the Journals will be completed f Will the people have a peep at them before making their nomination! for the next election ? It waa of the utmost consequence that our neighbor should have the printing of these volumes. Indeed, a large portion of ihe members of the last Legislature seemed to think no other consideraion was worthy to lie compared with this. It was secured lo him, althu he well knew that the officers of State held the penal bonds of his neighbors in large amounts, conditioned that thrij should faithfully execute this same work And now, the job having been secured lo him, all concerned are left to conjecture when the job will be completed and delivered. The Statesman takes especial pains to mix up the Stite Journal with that portion of (he public printing which was beyond ilie reach ol himself and his 11 balance of power" allies. If he knows anything about it, he knows that the State Journal and Ilia Stale printing nre as separate and distinct in their operations and imerests, .is sro any other two in If rents whatever Me Ohio Statesman and the Hank of Licking county, for instance ! To divert attention from his own tardiness, tho Statesman asks wilh atlVcled snrpiise," How long are the Clerks, (Messrs. Knippaml Matthews,) tu remain here to get a peep into the accuuuls " lor public printing ? Aye, how long ? we repeat. Come, neighbor, hurry up the work, and forward in the accounts. The Clerks are w-iiliogon you burry up Ihe work ! Our Neighbor Having had frequent occasion, of late, to detect and show up the editor of the Statesman as derelict in re gard to truth, and nn unscrupulous contemner of thniu rules of courtesy by which gentlemen consider them-selves bound, he, by way of retaliation, and to reduce us to his own level, has adopted Ihe plan of calling us, on every occasion, a great variety of hard names. This practice has, in all time, been looked upon as evidence of Ihe badness uf the cause of him who is forced to resort to it ; and as thu individual in question seems to liavo little ammunition on hand, exeepi his vocabulary, wo make no complaint at Ins employ, merit of that. We cannot, however, follow his example. The qualities of the individual are well enough known without it. Men do not speak of the venomous adder, nor Ihe stuped tuts. Tho qualities of those creatures ore well enough understood without the use of epithet. S.i is it with tho editor of the Statesman. His very name carries wilh it associations that would only be weakened by any expletives, however forcible or contemptuous, To us, he is nothing; we nei tlier fear nor regard his attacks. To the public, he is like a pole-cat in a menagerie rather offensive than formidable. Principle! (hnupe Alcu Never. We have been gratified at tlie position taken of late, by tho Hon, Thomas II. Benton, upon the slavery question, for several reasons. It exhibits the strong energy and various resources of the man ready to stand up to Ins opinions and prepared to face tho effects, not merely of his acts, but even of his inconsistencies. It shows, to some extent, the disintegration of the slavery union of the South ; and is one of ihe strongest ngns of (he times, in favor of the commence ment of abolition movements in the slave Slatea. Il looks to a breach in a party whose hitherto stern and rigid discipline has, with the asistance of Ihe patron age of tbo goveriimeut, kept its dissolving elements together, as if fur the purpose of exhibiting how rnnch misery and misrule could be perpetrated under a Re publican Government, and in Ihe name of Democracy. We can admire Mr. Benton, Hn talents are worthy nf admiration, li s energy ia a mode) formal), both young and old- His industry is remarkable, and his boldness Hot to he exceeded. With all his failings, he it a man thinking, feeling, doing, seeing, acting like a MAN. But we cannot exactly understand how it is Ihat several of our Free Soil brethren, who felt so great an abhorrence of Gen.T-iylor, because ho was the owner, Ihey said, of two hundred and eighty slaves, should have fallen so suddenly in love with a man who ac knowledges himself a slaveholder, as lo nominate him instantly n I bo publication of his speech, as their fa-. vnnte candidate for ihe office of President of a fire people. Having ourselves voted for Gen. Taylor, we do not feel entitled to call in question the not ires of those who would vote for a slaveholder; but having len charged with favoring slavery hy so doing, we must be allowed the privilege to return the chalice to the lipa of some, who in Gen. Taylor, could see but Ins slaves, while in Col llenton, Iheir eyes take in nothing but ihe halo of giorr that surrounds his speech at lioonvillo. dd against the fugitive. I , S. Court nt Detroit. At the opening of the Court on the 10th inst., Mr. Norvell, the District Attorney, announced the death of Mr. Polk, in a abort snd pertinent address, and concluded with a motion for the adjournment of the Court. J ml go McLean said in response ; "Tlie Court have heard of the death of Mr. Polk with deep n-grrt. Distinguished by Ihe suffrages of his countrymen, he bus had an important agency ia public eveuls for Ihe last four years. His acts belong lu history ; but suddenly and unelH rlrdly, he has been cal'ed to Ins account. Whnt an impressive lesson is this to all ! How transient are worldly honors, and bow light and worthless are Ihey, when compared to our eternal destiny. Having filled ihe clurf magistracy, Mr. Polk be longed to the nation, am) Ins loss, in proper sense, is ualional. Sympathising with his friends, snd especially with ihose who leel the bereavement most sensibly we direct the Court to be now adjourned, and ihat these proceedings be entered upon our records." Ohio six per cent. slwksare considerably above par in the Eastern eint s, snd a "head and shouldrrs" tier than Ihe stks of other Slates, in Loudon, bo much fvr Wing mle.-A". Tonh. Troubles of Gold Digging There are those who exult over the discovery of the precious metals iu California, and thu conquest of that country by (he United Stales, and who believe that the possession of a region abounding in gold is all that is necessary to the accumulation nf boundless na tional wealth and power. There aro those even, who rejoice over the depletion of its energetic snd adventurous citizens, which our country ia suffering, and deem that it is well repaid by the rich stores ol gold which they ore bound to accumulate. Wo confess that we have not been nble lo view the matter entirely in that light. California abounds in gold, which the hardy may acquire at the risk of (heir lives and at tho expense of their comfort. But the wentern plains are already doited with the graves of Ihose who have gone from uuioiig us flush ed wilh the hope to secure wealth in I lie irwly dis covered el-dorado. Where are not Ihe dead of the gold diggers? They reposo amonlie coral groves of the ocean, amid the snows of tho .Vtrada ; Iheir bones arc hidden in the marshes of ihe Isthmus, and repose along the banks of the Mississippi arid Missouri. The fallen will soon outnumber Ihe survivors; and weak and pestilence-stricken, thousands will reach the mines, to feast their eyes upon those deposits which their physical debility wilt prevent them from enj oying. The following letter, taken from tho New York Herald, is well calculated tu awake apprehension that all is not well iu California : San Fiiakcisco, April 2Mb. A great ninny people ire nulling here, with tlie idea Ihat everybody is digging gold by shovels full, in the streets; but to their no r row and miserable disappointment, they will, in many cases, find ihe real slate of the case quite the reverse of that. When 1 first camo here, last M iy, I found a town of about 400 people, most of i In m going up lojilie mines quietly, and a great proportion of them gelling over 2l)tl0 dollars in three months' tune, though some got little or nothing, and many, more than four or five thousand dollars. Bui one side ol (lie story has not yet been told, except in a very, very few instances or rather has not heciiexplaim-d. A great many are now lingering with disease brought on by exposure in the different mines, and their coarse manner of living; and in cases of slijflil sickness, an almost entire lack nf proper nourishment and a He ml mi cu loo frequently hurries the vie inns lo their long home. The town of San Francisco is now over-run with peopls of all nations, but a small part of whom are aide to find shelter in a house or shed of any kind. The beach and hills are covered with sailors, merchants, Spaniards, & o., !tc , camped out in tents, with their goods lyitij about in tlie greatest profusion. Board that is, it you are so fortunate as to find any bearding place al all is $10 per week. Carpenters' wairrs are nominally $15 per day ; but there is no lumber lo bn had, and Ihey mud of course be idle until some arrives. One hundred and fifty lo two hundred dollars pur month for seamen's wages, are advertised daily round Ihe streets. But a mighty reaction will soon lake place; people will come lo their senses, and go to work at some oilier business than mining. There are a number of Oregon men here, who have been down two or three umnilis, and have got from one lo four thousand dollars apiece : but they are tired of the business, and say they had rather return home to their lar ins, and put their seed into the ground. About 3iio hundred of them are going back immedi ately, and many have gone to other parts of thecountry. I he banks ol Ilie rivers in the mininar rerrion. are now crowded with people of every kind and descrip- 1 Here is no law amotii the in at present, except what they make for themselves. Manv who nn up to the mines are sadly dunppoinled : iuslesd of beinir nble to shovel up the gold by tho buckets' full.aa some of I hem seem to have expected, they find there is a great deal of toiling, hardship and privation to be enduredcamping out in the open air, snd living on the coarsest fare, at exorbilanl prices. If they are taken sick, they must gel along the beat way they can, because Ihey are far away from any assistance, except Winn triey could nave nan wiien well ue had one died nut of mir company, last summer, for want of proper nonmhment. Folks at home, that are at all well situated either wilh farms or with business of any kind, that will support their families and enable them to lay up anything at all hud better stay just where they are there is no mistake about (Ins. There will be more misery here, the next six mnntliv in this very country than people can liavo any idea of at home. We learn from a letter received in town, dited San Krancuro, April 20th, Ihat Mrs. Simmons, of Woodstock, Vt., wife of Cnpt. B Hitninnns, late master of the ship Magtinlis,nf New Bedford, died at San Fran Cisco, of Panama fever, soon after her arrival there. Capt. and Mrs. Simmons left New York on the lit of February, in the Falcon, and went up from Panama in (he Oregon. Il was (heir intention lo make Califor nia their home. Capt. S. will bring Ihe remains of his wife lo the United States by the next steamer. Tho Flyria Courier Mr. Gldding. We regret that we cannot agree wilh the editor of the Elyria Courier, in regard lo the importance of the election of the Hon. J. It Giddings tu represent that district in the National Legislature. Il aeema to us, Ihat in admitting Ihe want, in Mr. G. of any exclusive merit in his anti slavery sentiments, tho editor con cedes away hi whole case of exclusive slaim lo the seat, leaving him on that score, in precisely the posi lion of any other individual. If it is on account of prtrioui terriers that ilie right of a ro election is based, we say : It was at first given to him at li s own derire, and it Is loo late now to charge a rvward for doing that, the privilege to do wliu h was sught as a favor. If he seeks such pay ment, a re-f lection would only increase Ihe obligation instead of reducing ils amount. Again, we do not know that " Mr. Guiding now exerts a powerful influence.' Willi Ihe Locol'ocos, he certainly can have little, and with Ihe Win 4 less, Nor is he entirely undistrusted by Ins Free Soil assu cialea. Possessing such qualities as he does, and ob noxious to such charges as ho is, Ins moral influence may well be questionable ; and a man whose towering ambition is so much more prominent than his attachment to principle, cannot long pass without suspicion, even by those who are enlisted in the same cause. In Ihe furtherance of any cause, and esecially one so important, and presenting such hih moral claims, il is of the greatest importance that the instrument by which good is sou n lit to be dono should be unsuspected Now thero are substantial charges against Mr Giddings, involving not only his political consistency, but his personal hoiirsty. They are chugcil, proved and acknowledged, and they are a omicluBive and insuperable objection Between the 1st and tho 8th inst , several cases of cholera occurred at Alton, III, The first victim, as we learn from the Telegraph, was (be wife of our old and esteemed friend, S 11. Dolbee, the junior publisher of that paper. :-fr1Ffffi,& By Tdrgrapli to the Ohio State Journal. Indian Massacres-vi'lte Cholera in Mexico. New Uhliani, June 22. Editors Ohio State Journal : Late advices from Vera Cruz, stale that the Indiana have killed iu all, over five hundred California emigrants, passing through Mexico, They were also committing great depredations on the Texan frontier. Tho cholera is raging dreadfully in tho interior of Meiico. Mexican It u mors New Yoke, Juno 20. Editors Ohio State Journal: A letler published in the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer, of this morning, dated San Jose, Mexico, April 30, says : A rumor prevails that the Mexican government, taking advantage of the failure of our boundary commissioners to meet at the tirno prescribed by the treaty, for the settlement of tho line, intend to claim the whole of the rich mines 011 Ihe Gila and its tributaries. I'tfS Presidents. Tho Proscription)!!., The lachrymose patriotic gentlemen who keep up a continual cry airaiust Gen. Taylor, for Ins tvrannv 111 removing Locniocoe from nlliee, rtmemltr to forget what has taken place nerciuiorc,anu even what is now under their eyes. In January! h20, there waa a great Jackson feaslin Washington, an account of winch may hp found in the United Slates Telegraph, of the 3lh of Ihat month. The following is from tiits Telegraph account: ''Gen. Van Ness, Vrtstdtnt. Dr. him, Col. Tow son, N. Lnlfbofoilgll, Dr. Win. Jones, Toast by the Hon. Mr. Ilohhie : The President f.'rrt May Ins supplicated magnanimity be instructed by the fable of the Man and the Kronen Adder. By Amos Kendall, Esq: Cihce Holders Ilia fust man and tailhlul putdio officer merits forbearance, but let I) 1111 wuo spares 1110 savage, beware ol his tnuia hawa. By Col. Gardner: lien John P. Ian , Chair man of the Jackson Central Committee A firm and unyielding patriot," If our memory is mil at fault, Abraham Bradley was tlirm First Assistant Postmaster General, and Dr. rinneas Bradley was Second Assistant, or performed Ihe dunes now performed by Ihat officer. These brothers bad grown up in the General Post Office. Andrew Coyle bad long been the Chief Clerk, and was an excellent officer. Col. Gardner had then a minor position in the office. The Messrs Bradley and Co) le employed all their lime in Ihe discharge of iheir official duties, while Cl, Gardner found leisure tu do a liiile for "ihe parly." General Jtekson waa inaugurated after having proclaimed Ins hostility to proscription. Judge Mclean was asked In continue in Ihe Post Office, snd agreed to do eo. The ' getters up " of ihe new Cabinet determined upon proscription " aa a party measure. This General Jarksoti yielded to, snd in'imated it lo Judge MrLenn. The Jui!e refused to be governed by the rule 111 ihe Post Office, and General Jackson immediately transferred bun to ihe Bench, and gave the Post OlhVe lo Governor Barry. Shortly after tho inauguration, M.ijor Hohhir, then or shortly he lore, a member of Congress from New York, supplanted Abraham Bradley, in thai way Instructing the " magnanimity " of General Jackson, by "the fable of the man and the frojen adder." The Major makes a eood officer, and Judje Collamer's s-tmttucted niauuaniiiMty continues lum in lua place. Colonel Gardner took Ihe place of Phnieas Bradley, "a firm and unyielding patriot," and the uoimtrmtU magnanimity of Judge Collamer continues lum in the eily Post Office, wbirli he liow holds. Dr. William Jones was appointed to thu city 1'oM Office, in Ihe place -f Thos. M"nrte, who, tlmuuli an old and faithful officer, was converted into a n:ra addir. Olis-diab It. Brown took Hie place of Andrew Coyle. N. Loui(bboioiigh, another of the Vice Presidents,sue-eerib-d lum Dr Him lived in Washington, ami died in 1832. Amos Kendall waa afterwards appointed Postmaster, and as such unspnnnuly us d the tomahawk " nf ihe "savago " upon officers mentirg ' forbearance."Lei ihese lieryime gentlemen, who have such an iinroiiqiirrnble dislike lo proscription, lock back over a few years of thnr own history. Illness of Gen. icott. New Yokk, June 27. Editors Ohio State Journal : Gen. W infield Scott is ill with a chronic diarrhoea. at West Point. Cholera. Cincinnati. June 28. Editors Ohio State Journal : Thero were 08 interments of persons deceased nf cholera, to noon to-day, and 3!) of other diseases. Of these 107 were interred in Irish and German ceme teries. Wm. Chnnin, I.'aq. It will be seen by tlio paragraphs below, that this gentleman, formerly tlie Superintendent of tho Ohio Institution for tho Blind, has been appointed to the ko situation in the Pennsylvania Institution, at Phil adelphia, devoted to the same object. Tho character which bo bore in this community the success of his administration in the Ohio Institution, and the pros perous condition in which he left it are pledges that he will nut fail lo do honor to himse.'f and give entire satisfaction in the new situation to which he hai been called. is resignation of bis place as head of the Ohio In stitution produced a general feeling of regret, and we are glad that lua experience aud qualification! as a teacher of the blind are about to be turned lo account in a sister Institution elsewhere. From the Geneva (Jam tie. Geneva Femai.k Inhtitcti. It will be seen in our advertising columns to-day, that Mr. Cruris, tho worthy Principal of the Geneva Female Institute, is about to commence the last quarter he is to spend among us. We are very aorry lo lose so estimable a citizen and valuable a member of society ; but are consoled with the reflection that his lalt-iiis, though lost to this community, are to be employed in a wider and not less honorable field. Ho has been appointed Principal of the Pennsylvania Institution for Ihe instruction of the Blind, at Philadelphia his duties lo oommence the first ot September next, Ho leaves, we are nappy a say, wun the entire conlnlence Slid best wishes of the citizens of Geneva and vicinity. Meanwhile, measures will be taken to continue the Seminary, which hn leaves in so flourishing a condition, ono of the first class. We trust the citizens of Geneva will take some pains lo ensure Mr. C. a Isnru class for Ihe next, his last, term. From the Geneva Courier. We learn that Mr. Wim.iam Chaiin. Prinelnal of the Geneva Female Institute, has been appointed "neipm 01 me. 1 KNNSVLVANU INSTITUTION FOR THI iNsmrcTioR or the Bi.inh. in Philadelobn. and th.t he will leave here at the close of Ihe next Quarter. about the 1st September next. As the prospects of the Seminary are more favorable thon al any former period, we understand it is Ilio purpose of Mr. Chapin to make arrangements that will secure its continuance as a Female Academy of the highest class. 1 he citizens ot our village will regret to pari with Mr. Chapin, who came to reside smonir us two or three years since, and who, in his capacity as Principal of the Female Institute, (of winch he was the founder) has contributed much in ffivinrr chancier tn our village aa a seat of learning, and endeared himself lo ils citizens. Washington, June 25 P. M. O flic In I Appointments. ATTORN FYS. Henrv Williams. ftr the Hhia nf nnr,;B i Francis Barlow, declined. Wm. II. Ilaigh, for North Carolina, vice Henrv W. Miller, declined. LAND OFFICERS. Wm. ShffTield, Receiver at Defiance, O. Abner lloni, Register at Defiance, O. N. (ireefl Wilcox. Itrfoit or al Hiill.(A ll:.... ta, vice Samuel Leech, removed. J. 1. II. Stapp, Receiver at Vaudalia, Illinois, vice Daniel Gregory, removed. Iloitb V w.-t.i.i-ii N.tfli,;in.i... r John F. Payne, deceased. The Two Banners tnke ronr Choice! " Lnder which king, Bentosi I" "I am opposed to thoexercise of any jurisdiction by Congress over tnia matter; (slavery in the territories) because 1 do not see in the constitution, any grant of Ihe requisite Dower to Cont-reas." firm. '' v.i..f son l.tttir. Il is absurd to deny to Congress the power to legis-late as it pleases upon the subject of slavery in ternto . . . rnwuu ,MiT ppw. r, inn wun me BAnouon of all authorities, Stale and Federal, from Ihe founda tion 01 our government to ine present time, it is absurd In elaim il fur Urn la-.iii.rL.ia il..- L. c I of government but that which Congress gives them, uu ..- iKi-ir (lu-ier uui mat wmcn congress allows them." llenton m speech mt Jefferson City. Cholera. Dr. Kphraim Buck, of Bnstnn, says: "Since tho cry of cholera amongst us, I have been called to many imaginary cases of il, but 1 have had but two thai were in any way entitled to the name. One recovered and the other died.' The death was that of Mr. Remick, Ihe seaman, respecting which the Doctor remarks -, "Allow me, therefore, to say, that while I do not deny that Remick died of choltrat yet 1 believe htm to have died of the same disease which 1 have been called upon lo treat, more or less, every summer for the last thirty-right years, known generally by the name uf ehoUrn morbus. I am unable to point out the difference. If there be any, it seems to me to consist in this ntily, that the disease usually known aa ckolcr morbus is a sporadic, and that tho choltrsi is an epidemic form of tlio same disease neither of which it oonlagious. " I am of opinion that if the name cholera, which in the ears of many is but liUla short of a dealt) knell, could be obliterated frum the mind, and the old honest name of cholera morbus were again reslorrd, the san alive effect upon the public mind would be astonish, ing, and tho little, disturbances ol Ihe stomach and bowels, so much complained of by very many at this tune, would be thought no more of than they were in those years Ihat have gone by, and none but the iiu. prudent in eating or drinking would have any reason to tear the so much dreaded disease, " I would, therefore, recommend as the belt indemnity against the cholera, (for so I suppose it must now be called,) a clear conscience, a buhl heart, and temperance 111 all tlungs " The Missiaatppl Overflow. The New Orleans Bulletin of 1'Jlli 111st , refers as follows to the Sauve crevasse, and the renewed operations to stop it : "The advieea continue favorable the anaee vettn close, it is said, does not exceed 30 (eel, bill the depth of the water in it is upwards nf 20 feet, and Ihe cur rent runs inrniigh it with great impetuosity. We shall be well pleased hen we learn thai it is actually closed. It continues to recede slowly from the rear of the city. The river, we learn, falls very slowly. The Survey ors, yesterday, made, a requisition for 10,0110 more sieks, which ihoy ihmk will bo all that they will ru quire, which we sincerely hope will lie Ihe ease." A telegraphic dispatch of the 20th, S P. M., says 1 The great crevasse was olosed this evening, and ihu water is rapidly receding. The river is rising." A Iratb r from Ihe country, a few days since, while mn km n Ins spring purehssesin a wholesale store in the vn-iiniy of Milk streel, was asked, among a host of other thinu", if he didn t want some half mourning proils. " Wall," says he, " 1 rather guest I do ; tbo folk" up our way are pit about half dad these dsys." Uoiton I'ost. The name of the town of Uloouungton, Iowa, liaa been changed to Muscatine.

WEEKLY 0 TO nn a rno 11JDJ "N. IT RNAL VOLUME XXXIX. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1849. NUMBER 45. PUBLISHED EVBRY WKDNK8DAY MORNING, BY THRALL & UKED. Jlflcotn t!ie Journal Hnilditig, south ehst corner of Hint) t root and Sunr alloy. WM.B.THUALL AND HKNHY RKKD,Editoih. TEHMS: ThrkePom,ahfir annum, which may be discharged by the payment of Two Dui.tAimin adviiiioe.aud froo o postage, or of per centime to Agent! or Colleotors. Tho Journal ii also published Uaily ami Tri-VVeckly du-riiH the year Daily, purniinum.flo t Tri-Wookly, &S 60. WKUNl-NJlAY KVISNING, June 27, 1840. Onto Canals Receipts, Ac. The following Utile which we have made out from the booki in tlio Auditor of State'soffice, will correct an impression prevailing, that tho business on our canals is less this season than during the year 1848. The focal year commences nn the 15th of November. Tolls, Water Hents and Fines, collected on the Ohio Canals and paid into the State Treasury during the quar ters ending Feb. 15, and May 15, 1840. Cholera Report An Irish woman, whose name wo hare not learned, died lost evening, about d o'clock, from the cholera, fcilio had had warning by the premonitory lymptomi, for twenty-four hours or more, but treated tlieui with neglect. Wo hear of no new cases in town to-day. Bo many of our citiieni have left, that we are inclined to tliink the contagion has all been carried beyond Hie limiti of thu corporation, and that there ii little danger to those who remain. It ia to be hoped that our citizeni who have If ft their homei and their neighbors, will find, if they should happen to he attacked, such medical advice and careful attendance, as shall compensate litem fur tho trouble they have been at in running away Hy the way, this running from the cholera is about the poorest bui'metis a nmn ran engage in. The Statesman's Logic nnd his Proof -a usual The editor of the Statesman endeavors to prove for our benefit, (introducing Ins testimony with msny tweet words and honeyed phrases,) i hut " the government has Inst more money in its dealings with banks, than would pay the entire debt created by the last war with Meiico." For this purpose he introduces as his solo item of proof, a (Vtcumeiit which shows that after the war of 1HI2, Hie government of the United States actually suffered a loss of forty sii million! of dollars fur the want of an United States Hank. We have no doubt of it ; and as the Statesman seems to doubt the validity of the testimony, because it is taken from a Whig document, we most solemnly assure the editor that in that matter he need tnke to himself no trouble We have the most implicit confidence in its correctness.Hut what does the Statesman's testimony amount to? Precisely this The government was desperately in want of money. It had no specie the people none, and the banks next to none. Tho banks were in a tale of iu pen ion, and their currency was below par, while specie was at a premium. The wants of the government were imperious, and as a favor to itself, it was forced to borrow the depreciated notes of the banks which were worth something, giving iu return its own Treasury notes, which ts a marketable article were worth nothing. In the whole transaction, the government was the gaining party ; but whether so or not, it was neither defiauded nor suffered anything that it had any right to consider as a loss not contemplated in the original negotiation. Wool Hi Production There is a belief current in Germany, that the population of the earth is, at present, outstripping the production of wool ; and that (he supply is constantly growing less iu proportion ti the demand. They say that if the United Slates, and other growing coun. tries, do not henceforth supply their own wants for wool, the posterity of such Europeans and others who live in cold climates, will, in less than a century, find the deficiency a matter of public inconvenience. Whether such is really the ease, is scarcely at pre. ent within the reach ol verification j but, true or not, it is certain that the experience of the past gives great encouragement to thoie who desire to enter into the production of wool, and the improvement of the breeds of sheep. The farmer may groan, and frequently doe i, over thu low price which ho receives for his fleeces, in comparison with wh it was paid a quarter of a century ago, for those of the same quality ; but when he counts the cost, and the advantages, as well as the troubles incident to sheep breeding, lie will still find, especially in districts distant from market, few pursuits that yield a m're certain, regular or remunerating return. It is of great advantage to a farmer, lo produce such crops as do not, on account of the danger of deterioration, require a market instantly upon the harvest ; and the ability to preserve the pro-duct and the increase, until the time of a better or (rmer market, is of much practical value to the gra tier, whether of cattle or sheep. A Fighting Editor tour Untile in one Day The editor of the Springfield (III ) Journal gives a humorous account of the street lights through which he was obliged to pass in the course of one afternoon, Ho was attacked on four different occasions by the editors of the llegister fust by one, then by the other, and afterwards by both; and in all cases came otT vic torious, although his adversaries were hacked by a posse contitalus ot bullies, gathered fur the purpose uf seeing IliiU whipped. Kg is, cudgels, and finally pitch forks were resorted to as weapons of offence, and blows, thrusts, ft-mis snd parrying! took place, upon the description of which none but a Horner could confer the requisite degree of dignity and graphic vigor The nlTray ended by a running charge, pitchfork in hand, 111 rough the streets of tho town, at the close of which one ot the llegister gentlemen was treed in the uoruer of a merchant s store, and forced to beg not to bo run through with the fork handle. Pioacrlplion" Tho Statesman last evening was shedding as it were great drops of tears, fresh from the fountain of his compassion, over the latest instance uf "proscription" The particular instance which lias elicited all this feeling on the part of our neighbor, is the appoint-inrut of Hhtrt f.arimore, Esq., of this city, as Mail Agent on the Rulroad cira between Springfield and Cincinnati, whieh put had previously been held by Mr. tlrntk M. liars; and tins is what the Statesman calls ' proscription." We know not the causes which operated to produce this change, and have heard of no allegations against the official conduct of Mr. Ware, who we believe hi a worthy young mm. Still, we cannot but admire the sans sand griel of the States man, on his being displaced especially when we re-member that it will be just two years ago next Thursday morning, since tins self-same chief mourner unceremoniously dismissed this same Mr. Ware from the situation of a Clerkship in the Columbus Post Office; and doggedly refused to assign the reason therefor, though respectfully asked so to do by Mr. Ware. Feb. 15 Ohio Canal $30,421 18 Miami and Erie 20,103 02 Muskingum Improvement 10,777 00 MockingCanal 1,122 05 Walhonding Canal 117 HQ Total $77,0111 7!l Same period 1847-8 U 1,4: 1-1 41 Increase $0,107 36" $r8 U7 Total amount received to May I5lh, 1811) $11)1.1)74 M " " 184d 182,748 10 May 15 $18,751 42 50,070 78 i4,mt 25 30!) 41 320 86 $114,372 n 114,313 75 Increase in 1840 $0,22G 35 The "Miami and Erie Cannl " comprehends the canals formerly known as the Miami, Miami Ellen sion, and Wubash and Erie canals, which were con solidated by an act of the last Legislature under that title. The principal increase in the receipts has been on the Muskingum Improvement, amounting to $11, 400 22. There is an increase on the Ohio Canal of ,744 72, white the Miami and Erie shows a decrease of $3,730 83. This is attributable to the break near Cincinnati in tin early part of the season. Tho tolls on the Ohio Canal during the first quarter are derived chiefly from produce shipped on the southern portion nf the cannl, to be forwarded via New Orleans to New York. This canal was not open throughout its entire length before the 25th of April. The receipts from the canals between the 15th of May and the 10th June, are as follows Ohio Canal Miami and Erie Muskingum Improvement Hocking Canal Walhonding Canal ..$74,304 82 74,002 24 4,005 8!) 1,57!) 43 202 23 .$154,034 til A few words of Colloquy. Statesman " The Journal last night has a long leader on the riches of Cslifornia." Journal Our neighbor is slightly mistaken. Tlie article was upon the growth rather than the riches of that country. Statesman" How long is it sinee the Whigs assured the people that the whole California country was not worth a haubee t" Journal v still continue to believe, that lo the United Slates, the whole country is not worth a bau-bee . Statesman And that Mr. Polk g it up the war merely to eitend slavery there f " Journal So we are assured he did, but the nun, "lily of his heart, and the cfime of his hand, was over ruled by a higher power, who saw Mr, Folk as lie was. Statesman " The Journal also now tells us, that there is no dan tter of slavery in that region, as the people themsrlves will settle that." Journal The Journal said no such thing. It sis. led, In ubslauee, that the question nf slavery ttas settled without any voluntary action of the cople upon it. When the Statesman's kitten gets its eyea open, it had better read the article again. UT C L. Vallandij-hain, late editor nf the Daiftan Empire, takes his leave of the readers of that paper, In tho last number, having disposed of his interest therein. Thu Empire remains iu the hands nf Mr. Fitch, his late partner. Mr. V is a man of considerable showy talent He deserves some credit for Ins unexpected moderation in regard to the revolutionary movements going on in the Stale during last year. 119 was looked upon, in the Legislature, as a member of some promise, and we have heard very respectable efforts of his at the bar. As the conductor of a journal, however, he has exhibited the nppnii ol that good nature, which he has shown in bis other callings, nd has given to tl.s world but a tame imitation of the Ohio Slate! man. Total Making the total net receipts into the Stale Treas ury, from all the Ohio Canals, from Nov. 15th to June 10th, $340,000 12. There is no menus afforded hy the Auditor's books, to compare the receipts since May 15th, with those of the corresponding period of last year; but from what we can learn there is a decided increase. We shall have occasion to say more on this point hereafter, and after a further examination nf the laws on the subject. Q3" We understand (hat the laws of last winter have been ready for distribution, for the last six or eight weeks. We understand, also, that they are de tained here, awaiting the tardy movements of the distinguished functionary appointed to do certain printing by the mnjority of the late House of Representatives. Hus it come to this, that the great State of Ohio must be deprived of its laws, for a considerable part of the year, for the purpose of carrying out the peculiarly interesting measures of Townshend at Co., who felt bound lo reward the gallant Colonel for his extraordinary summerset on the Ulack Laws question? Q3 The electric telegraph is, it seems, regarded as something of a nuisance by journals in England as well as in this country. The London Times and oth er journals complain of "the very high prices charged by the Electric Telegraph Company for the transmission of intelligence j" and that " persons interested in the matter are beginning to complain, that whereas the said company advertises its means of conveying information as " atrurate and cheap, ' it has been found iiuito the reverse of either the one or lac other." ILT The Ohio State Agricultural Fair, which was to lie held in Cincinnati in September next, and for which extensive preparation had been making, lias been postponed until next year, on account of tho cholera, by order of the State Board of Agriculture. Parlor Politicians. There is a class of men hanging to the skirts of eve. ry parly, who do much not only to mar success, but to embitter defeat. The Whig parly Is not exempt from this elsss ; and those whom it is its misfortune to embrace, are, wo apprehend, managing matters in their usual way, with a view to secure to themselves an undue share of the benefits of (he recent victory, won by the hard-working men of the party. We know of no more appropriate name fur these men, than Parlor Politicians. They are never known or heard of during the atril'e of (he contest, and never mingle with the masses who do the hard work of the party. They have no taste for such rough and ill requited labor Tho very air of the committee room is repulsive to them, and they would consider themselves degraded were they to bn seen however gloved and perfumed mingling in the promiscuous crowd of a town meet-iug. They prefer the employment of their time in corresponding with the prominent men of the parly tn and out of the State; and while duly registering every act of the active working men of the parly, as. sumo an extensive knowledge of political affairs, and promise such and audi results. They mako up despatches from the newspapers at regular intervals, which they forward lo the principal men of the nation, more especially to the candidates for the Presidency, Vice Presidency, Congress, Ac; and supposing one-tenth of their letters are answered, they pay five limes as much for postage as they contribute towards thu excuses of the campaign. Tina is a much easier way lo gain a reputation among the prominent men of the country lor activity and influence as parly men men whose time and talents have been employed lo advance the interests and secure the success uf tho party than it is to work fur it ; and it is to be regret led that in loo many instances it has proved but too uceesslul. We will not venture so much as even loestimato the number n letters written to (Jen. Taylor during the past year by these pat lor politicians men who ne ver raised a hand to secure the victory never contributed uf their means, and some of whom, perhaps, even ridiculed as foolish, the untiring efforts of those who, less able than themselves, were never tin less heart and hand in the work, devoting to it not only 'heir means, when requisite, but all their energies el now that the victory has been won, these nice gentlemen who could pel form no parly drudgery but whose presumptious proceedings tended often to embarrass those w ho did the work are the most clamorous for offico ; and bringing lo their aid the names of men of influence, who never heard of them except through their own letters, they too often succeed by impudently pressing their own claims, iu thrusting a side the really deserving. We hope President Taylor will keep a close eye upon this class of men. Let the inquiry be instituted as to what services they have rendered, where, and how.' There is a rule of right and a principle of justice which should be rigidly adhered to, and wc trust that in the distribution of the patronage of the government, it may fall to those who are deserving of it. It is In the working men of (he parly tint the administration is indebted for its success. It is tu its working men, that Ihe Whig party owes a debt of gratitude ; and its first demand upon an administration of (la own ores, ing, is that the claims of these men shall not be over, looked. TAW. Daily .Win. T lit It N DAY EVIiNING, Jnne S, IH49. Health. The worst indication in the health of our city which has fallen under our notice for several days past, is lite choleric symptoms of our dear neighbor. It is clearly spasmodic in its type and there are signs of its becoming epidemic, as several persons have been seized with s, passion for writing on the subject. Aside from these symptoms, Columbus is in the enjoyment of as good health to day as it ever was on any preceding dny of June, since the trees were cleared off the ground. Let those who think the city is now very arckly, exercise themselves moderately iu some useful employment, and Ihey will find themselves greatly re lieved. Let tliuac who think tho city very filthy, purify their own imaginations, and the city will present a better aspect. Let those who would do good service to the community, cease their croaking and prat ing shout cholera, and there will perhaps be less of it to croak and prate about. We have admitted this description of articles into our columns to-day, until we feel that an apology is due to our readers for the space they occupy. Two or three which came later to hand, are for this reason postponed. The Infected District. On the invitation of Doct, Id a, who has the care of "the Jewett Property," we paid a visit this morning to tli at locality, where so large a proportion of the cholera cases which have occurred in this city have had their origin. The premises are located on a high bluff bank of the Scioto river, at tho western termina tion of Rich atreet, being one square north of Friend street, by which tho National Road enters Columbus from the east. There were living on this property when the cholera made its appearance here a week ago, eight families. The tenements occupied by these fam ilies were, the spacious block u three story buildings, corner of Rich and Scioto streets ; the mansion house of the late C1. Jewett, fronting Walnut alley, (occu pied by Mr. Sumner Clark ;) a two-slory frame building on Rich street, west of Scioto, (occupied by M'tj. Barker ;) and a two-stnry frame cottage in the common enclosure, occupied for fifteen years past, by the ill- fated Smith family. Resides these buildings there is on the premises a large frame, used as a sort of lum ber house. ll is true, that the extremely warm anil humid at-Unisphere of the past few days, denotes some points on the premises which require and are receiving at- tention ; but at the same lime, we are free to express (he opinion, that there is nothing even in the worst of these, that in ordinary seasons would invito serious animadversion, or excite alarm. The known habits ol punctilious cleanliness on the part of several families inhabiting the premises, are a sufficient guaranty lo tlmse acquainted with the individuals, that no gross neglect of this virtue would be tolerated iu their immediate vicinity. We do not undertake to account for the fact that a very large proportion of cholera cases liavo bad their origin in Ibis immediate vicinity. What we have to remark is, that there is upon the premises no apparent cause for its breaking out there, more than in almost any other portion of the city. The premises have, at the very least, an ordinary air of comfort and cleanliness. There are upon Ihe grounds, it ia true, some luxuri-oiii looking gardens, and these may bo responsible for some esculents which ordinarily tempt the appetite, but are now under the ban. One or two gutters which serve to drain the premises have become par tially estopped by the effect ot the recent showers, and the rapid growth of grass ; but they are not worse than may frequently be found about a house, without x filing special wonder. It may be that the City Council should be required to account for the recent appearance of cholera in the city, and for all its eccentricities. If they cannot do thai, what is Ihe use of having a city council ? Again If the appearance of the cholera on the Jewett properly, is owing lo tho thousatid-and-niue causes which have been sagely assigned, why did it touch there for a night and a day, and then disappear, leaving all these producing causes in full force and effect? Let the City Council answer that. 1 Canal Tolls. In our paper nf laid evening it was stated that "there is no means afforded by tho Auditor's books to coin-pare the receipts since thu 15th May with those of Ihe corresponding period last year " We ore informed that this statement is incorrect The books in tho Auditor's office show tho weekly receipts ot each collector's office. We have been fur nished by the chief clerk in tho Department of Public Works with the following comparative statement of the lolls collected each week iu the mouths of A-pril, May, and June, lo the 18th inst, in the years 18-18, and 1840. The result shows a very gratifying in-create in the business of 1H40 up to the present time Week ending 1818. Week ending 1840. April 9.. Hi., it 30.. May 7.. ' 14.. 21.. 28.. June 4.. " 11.. Id.. . $13,075 85 . 10,850 20 . 10,007 60 . 10,007 78 . 10,000 04 . 17,504 04 . 15,010 81 . 10,704 10 . 23.007 40 . 2 ),210 03 . 21,518 55 $205,100 02 April 8. " 15.. " 22. . 20.. May 0.. " 13.. 21).. 27.. June 3. . l.. 17.. $11,120 GO . 17,028 05 . 22,084 31 . 22,021 37 . 21,001 50 . 25,024 07 . 22,003 00 . 28,087 70 . 28,720 70 . 38,0s2 10 . 28,120 40 $208,804 47 205,100 03 Increase tn canal revenue during the II weeks ending June 17, '40, over amount collected during the same period 1848. .$03,034 85 Whig Nominations la JUichigatu Ttio Whigs nf Michigan, at their State Convention holdeu an Ihe 20th iust., nominated John Owen, of Detroit, for Governor, Uxoitoe A. Cox, of llraneh, for Lieutenant Governor, and H. 11. Dlkki.ek for Stale Printer. The Whigs of the Stale go into the canvass in good spirits, determined to deserve success if they do not secure it. During the session of the Convention, propositions for a coalition with the Free Soil party of the Slate were received from a Convention of that sent, then in session ; but as the terms offered were such as could not be accepted without a sacrifice of principle nn the part of the Whigs, they were declined. Tho Free Soilers will doubtless find a parly with which they can coalesce on their own terms. Qj" James B. Clay, Esq , son of the Hon. Henry ('lay, has received and accepted the appointment of Charge d'Afl'aires to tho kingdom of Portugal. Mr. Clay will leave for his destination in the course of next mouth. The Flllhluat Plnce in Columbus. The editor of the Statesman appears to have con stituted himself an especial watchman over the doings of the city authorities. He treats them with the choicest specimens of his vocabulary, if they do not instantly undertake Ihose measures of sanitary reform which ho has chosen lo consider necessary to the health of the city. He has, of Lite, become a great enemy In dirt ; and from his editorial abhorrence of the article tn others, one would be led to suppose, that for a beast of the kind, he himself is a remarkably clean one. As a practical commentary upon tins ex traordinary neatness, however, we desire to call Ihe attention of those who have the curiosity lo examine, to what is believed to be Ihe filthiest place in the city. It will be found in Ihe sll-y which passes the States man office, and all along the lot upon which that building stands. There dirty water appears in un wholesome puddles, hogs wallow in the mud at the bottom, and a green scum collects on tho top. Piles of rubbish are accumulated on all aides, the vicinity bears every appearance of untidiness snd neglect, and the moral pestilence within the building is fitly represented by the unwholesome appearance without. y So far as these nuisances are on public ground, we hopo they will be promptly attended to by tbo authorities. To clear up tho premises attached to the Statesman oilier, we propose a private subscription, of not lo exceed a penny from any subscriber. The lib eral editor of ihe Statesman desires to sweeten hn premises wilh lime, at the public cxeiise. We hope ho will be gratified. There is a communication in to-day's Journal, upon the same subject. Progress of the Cholera in tho West The Dayton Transcript ol yesterday, notices four deaths in that city from cholera, on Monday snd Tuei day last. There were riht deaths of cholera at Portsmouth, during I ho week ending on Tuesday. The dreadful mortality at Aurora, (Indiana,) con linues, although a very large number of the inhabi tants have left for the country. The deaths last week number 00. The entire population is only HiK) Prof. James Hamilton, for 2-"t years t.'.e eminent Professor of Mathematics in the Nashville University, died of the cholera on Thursday evening last. Three of Prof. H.'s sisters also died during the week. The cholera is thought to be abating at Maysvilli Ky. The number of deaths from the disease during the week ending on Saturday, was Ij. Chitlicothe and Circlevillu are as yet free from tho disease. No eases have occurred in either place The Cincinnati Dispatch says, that a man died after Ihe arrival of the cars from thai city at Springfield, one night last week. He was a native uf Meadville, Pennsylvania, and was reluming home after spending the winter in the South. On his way up he coin phvncd to the conductor of feeling unwell. On the arrival of the cars at Ihe depol, he could not be found, and it was supposed he bad gone lo the hotel. The next morning his dead body was found by the side of the railroad. His remains were interred, and his ef fects forwarded to Ins family. Tnhill. A letter dated Tahiti, December, 1848, says : " The whole number of American vessels entering the port during last year was twelve, of French the same number, sou ol r.ngi.sit six or erven, i wo principal reasons may be assigned why our whalemen have forsaken this port, by fur the best tn tho Pacific; the change of government, and Ihe fact llial they can not procure Irish potatoes, an indispensable article oi supplies to whale ships. The population of Tahiti amounts 9b about OO00 natives and 400 foreigners, and of Emieualmul 1300 The French have a military force consisting of about l0t0 men, and a frigate of bO gu.is lying in the harbor It costs France $.100,000 a year to keep up her establish-me nt. The English Protestant Missionaries continue their labors on all Ihe Society Islands, without any opposition or disturbance, They relnm (he same influence over the nslivt s that Ihey held formerly ; the Catholics not having yet made a single proselyte, as I am assured, although they have a bishop and some Priests at Tahiti, and are carrying on missionary operations very srslouslv among all ihe Islands of the South Pa-cilia. The Catholic ll shop and priests at Tahiti are very estimable men, and ht lwren Ibrin and the Prol. eti nt clergymen, the most friendly inieicourse ex. uls." Then nnd Now One year ago, a good-for-nothing fellow, and apos tate preacher ol the gospel, known by the name of K, S. Hamlin, was in Detroit, bussing about certain per sons nf distinction, for the very laudable purpose of generously 11 thrusting fame " in larger quantities upon them. U here is he now f Asa reward for his services and suffering, he was entrusted by the " balance ol power " wilh an important station, and ia in receipt uf a salary. Hut, irAfrs is he t Who of bis ardent admirers ean tell of his present whereabouts, and how hs useful lima ia employed t Cum oe a Cask. The Toronto, (Cannda,) papers give the details of a rather singular judicial trial which took place in thai city lately, being nothing less than the suit of a fugitive slave sga nst his former master, to recover wages for labor done for the defendant while in his service in Ihe United Slates. The slave was from New Orleans, and being taken to RufTalo lowait upon lua master, took advantage of the chance and escaped to Canada, lie then decoyed bis master to Toronto by promises of returning with him, and when there had him arrested for debt. Tho auit was deci Dkatiis ok DisriNaeisiiRu Divikki. Rev. Win. li Tappan died of cholera, at Boston, on the 10th instant, and the Right Rev. Mr, Tyler, Roman Catholic Bishop, died at Providence, on the same day. (U Joseph W. Brigi;s,of Sullivan county, Indiana, has been nominated by the Whigs as a candidate for Congress, in tho district composed of Cloy, Sullivan and Vigo counties. Adoi.itio.i of (ii; akantiks. The British General Ooaid has, in a lengthy and able report to Parliament, proposed the entire abolition nf quarantine, and the substitution of general sanitary regulations on ships in port, aa belter calculated lo prevent the introduction of contagious diseases from abroad. For the Ohio Mate Journal. Mkssrs Euitohs: I observe in your paper of Tues day, the announcement thai Rev. Wm. C. Anderson, D. D., of Dayton, hnd been chosen, at a recent inert- ing of the Board of Trustees, President of Miami University. A more judicious and appropriate selection could not have been made. Dr. A. is peculiarly qual ified to discharge the duties uf the post to which he has been elected. Whilst his attainment! as a scholar are sufficiently varied and extensive lo render him competent lo impart instruction in the particular branches tu be taught in his department, Ins experience as a teacher will qualify linn well tu exercise suitable control and discipline, lie possesses iu an eminent degree, other quililications more important than that uf mere scholarship, lie is a man of sound practical common setie, intelligent in regard to mental peculi arities and aptitudes, and consequently, capable of a dapling discipline and instruction lo tho varied tastes and talents ol students. He is also strongly characterised by kindness, equanimity and attractive man. uers, which have won for him Ihe confidence and cor dial esteem of all who know him, and which specially fit lum for securing the sincere and ardent attachment of pupils. As an Alumni of Miamus University, and anxious for its prosperity, I am truly gratified with Ihe choice of th? Boaid of Trustees, and can confidently congratulate the friends of that Institution upon the prospect of its restored prosperity and advancement under the guidance of Dr. Anderson. A CITIZEN. f or Hie Ohio efiate Journal. Mr.sns. Tun a i.i. ai lU r.u: In the Slslesmnn " of the 2'nd mat I notice some remarks of I lie editor, respecting the city authorities Hosavs: ' Our city authorities acl like children nay, hall' the children in town would disown them as tit uuardians m tlio commonest mailers of business; liicy have shown themselves wholly unlit for their duties, and il would be a blessing to the Town if Ihey wwild resign, and permit others more capable lo lake their places." iViw, Messrs. r.dilors, there in all cities rroakirs and panic makers, who estimate their own abilities very (uglily. 1 lie editor ol tlie "Statesman is ihe duel croaker here ; and he thinks he knows more than nit hts frllotr-cili'.rns together ! For although they have re-elected and kept s it other, many ol the city council lor years, on account of their capacity and ihe faithful discharge nf their duties, yet tn this great mans estimation, Ihey are " like children." lie says they tiave been making " an intnumua sjieculation in Ihu lives of the citix-'tis in the lime business," Now th facts are Ihcar t some weeks since the board of health recommended spreading lime on the streets and alleys, and Ihe City Council immediately ordered seven hundred bushels to be purchased and spread on all streets and alleys where it was necessary, and directed the agent to girt it freely to any family who was suppo. sd to be uuaule to pay for it; and to sell il to nil others at what it cost at the kiln, without any cliargu for delivering it. This is the infamous speculation on ihe lives of our cilixena ' tn the opinion ol that greit man. E uly iu the season Ihe cily council appointed s Board of Health, consisting nf active, rffirieul men in every Ward, to have Ihe City cleaned in every p"t : and Ihey have done their duly faithfully. I dotibl wheih er there are now half dxen towns in Ihe United States tl at are as clean as (Ins city. The dirtiest place I have seen in the city, is the private alley immediately back of the Statesman nlliee ; which ia caused by (lie owner's needed tn make Ins pavement on the ailoy, so that the gutter might carry otl the filth. But soon men never can sen tlie lieain tn their own eve. Mr. Medary was formerly printer for Ihe cily but at tlie last letting he would not do it on as fair terms as his neighbors, ami did not get it nnd nf rimrst he must abuse the Cily Count U until he gets the jtdt f Mr. S Hruh also makes some Utfgcslione. He was a candidate for the council, and should hare hetn elirttd; for he has tho weightof the city government on his shoulders, and makes more suggestions for the direction of the council, than all other ciluena beanies. Did ho make an estimate of Ihe quantity of lime it would require lo give every householder one bushel twice a week for three mouths i It would require about 25,000 bushels ; and would cost, including tlie expense of delivery, about $2000 for the benefit of the Tax-payers, at a time when the city has been utilised to borrow $10,000 lo pay for the improvements now going on. An Old Citixkn. FRIDAY UVF.NING, June 20, 1H40. Tho Cholera We understand Ihat there are two new cases of cholera since our last notice, both of which are likely to terminate fatally Mr. John Thompson, and his child. Mr. Thompson is aauii-in-law ot Mrs. Kinney who died of cholera last week. He resides in the block where the other fatal cases have occurred. fit lite Priutlug Wo slated a day or two since, on what we regarded as very good authority, that tlio laws of last wintor have been ready for distribution, for the last six or eight weeks. In reference lo this statement, our amiable, civil, and very estimable, neighbor, in the Statesman of last evening, with his classic and characters-lie manner, replies, that "a Mors wilful and deliberate falsehood" than the above statement, "never em'ma- ttd from that notoriously false sheet." We said this sort of language is characteristic of ila writer, and Ihe paper in which it appears. The writer asserts a fact, ihough in such a manner, (and evidently with that intent,) as lo convey a false imprcHsion. If the Statesman really intended to bo understood that our remark that (he laws of last winter have been ready for dis. tribution for the I ml six or eight weeks past, is the greatest falsehood eter found in our columns, we have no controversy with our neighbor on that point. But if he means to be understood that the statement is not substantially correct, we tako issue wilh him, and ap peal from his blackgunrd literature to facts accessible lo all who care enough about a bushel of his vernacti-! lar chaff to hunt through it for a small grain of common sense or truth. Wo have (alien the trouble to enquire, and have as certained that the General Laws of the last session were completed, and the Inst portion uf thern actually delivered by the printer, (Mr. C Scott,) on the 11th day of May last, which wo find, by reference lo the counting-houart almanac, was precisely seven weeks ago to-day. Ihe Iical Laws were in like manner printed and delivered one week earlier. So that Ihe statement that " the laws of last winter" have been ready for distribution " for the last six or eight weeks,'' was not very much of a ' falsehood "although the Statesman voluntarily certifies it to be the greatest he has ever been able to discover in our paper ! i he Public Documents ordered to be printed to ac company tho Laws, were completed and delivered by the same printer, at a still earlier date. And we have no manner of doubt that had nut Ihe hybridous legis. fiture, in carrying out the details of the contract for w hich the votes of locofnco members for the repeal of the black laws the election of Chase lo the Senate, ami Spalding and Caldwell to the Supreme Bench of Hamlin to bo President of the Board of Public Works and our amiable neighbor to print the Bills, for which M ij Phillips had the contract, and the Journals, for which Mr. Scott had the contract we have no doubt, we say, but thai for the interruption of these contracts, tor the purpose of carrying out the corrupt Townshend contract, the Laws and Journals would have been distributed to the respective counties before this time. Can the Statesman give a rough guess as to Ilio lime when the printing of the Journals will be completed f Will the people have a peep at them before making their nomination! for the next election ? It waa of the utmost consequence that our neighbor should have the printing of these volumes. Indeed, a large portion of ihe members of the last Legislature seemed to think no other consideraion was worthy to lie compared with this. It was secured lo him, althu he well knew that the officers of State held the penal bonds of his neighbors in large amounts, conditioned that thrij should faithfully execute this same work And now, the job having been secured lo him, all concerned are left to conjecture when the job will be completed and delivered. The Statesman takes especial pains to mix up the Stite Journal with that portion of (he public printing which was beyond ilie reach ol himself and his 11 balance of power" allies. If he knows anything about it, he knows that the State Journal and Ilia Stale printing nre as separate and distinct in their operations and imerests, .is sro any other two in If rents whatever Me Ohio Statesman and the Hank of Licking county, for instance ! To divert attention from his own tardiness, tho Statesman asks wilh atlVcled snrpiise," How long are the Clerks, (Messrs. Knippaml Matthews,) tu remain here to get a peep into the accuuuls " lor public printing ? Aye, how long ? we repeat. Come, neighbor, hurry up the work, and forward in the accounts. The Clerks are w-iiliogon you burry up Ihe work ! Our Neighbor Having had frequent occasion, of late, to detect and show up the editor of the Statesman as derelict in re gard to truth, and nn unscrupulous contemner of thniu rules of courtesy by which gentlemen consider them-selves bound, he, by way of retaliation, and to reduce us to his own level, has adopted Ihe plan of calling us, on every occasion, a great variety of hard names. This practice has, in all time, been looked upon as evidence of Ihe badness uf the cause of him who is forced to resort to it ; and as thu individual in question seems to liavo little ammunition on hand, exeepi his vocabulary, wo make no complaint at Ins employ, merit of that. We cannot, however, follow his example. The qualities of the individual are well enough known without it. Men do not speak of the venomous adder, nor Ihe stuped tuts. Tho qualities of those creatures ore well enough understood without the use of epithet. S.i is it with tho editor of the Statesman. His very name carries wilh it associations that would only be weakened by any expletives, however forcible or contemptuous, To us, he is nothing; we nei tlier fear nor regard his attacks. To the public, he is like a pole-cat in a menagerie rather offensive than formidable. Principle! (hnupe Alcu Never. We have been gratified at tlie position taken of late, by tho Hon, Thomas II. Benton, upon the slavery question, for several reasons. It exhibits the strong energy and various resources of the man ready to stand up to Ins opinions and prepared to face tho effects, not merely of his acts, but even of his inconsistencies. It shows, to some extent, the disintegration of the slavery union of the South ; and is one of ihe strongest ngns of (he times, in favor of the commence ment of abolition movements in the slave Slatea. Il looks to a breach in a party whose hitherto stern and rigid discipline has, with the asistance of Ihe patron age of tbo goveriimeut, kept its dissolving elements together, as if fur the purpose of exhibiting how rnnch misery and misrule could be perpetrated under a Re publican Government, and in Ihe name of Democracy. We can admire Mr. Benton, Hn talents are worthy nf admiration, li s energy ia a mode) formal), both young and old- His industry is remarkable, and his boldness Hot to he exceeded. With all his failings, he it a man thinking, feeling, doing, seeing, acting like a MAN. But we cannot exactly understand how it is Ihat several of our Free Soil brethren, who felt so great an abhorrence of Gen.T-iylor, because ho was the owner, Ihey said, of two hundred and eighty slaves, should have fallen so suddenly in love with a man who ac knowledges himself a slaveholder, as lo nominate him instantly n I bo publication of his speech, as their fa-. vnnte candidate for ihe office of President of a fire people. Having ourselves voted for Gen. Taylor, we do not feel entitled to call in question the not ires of those who would vote for a slaveholder; but having len charged with favoring slavery hy so doing, we must be allowed the privilege to return the chalice to the lipa of some, who in Gen. Taylor, could see but Ins slaves, while in Col llenton, Iheir eyes take in nothing but ihe halo of giorr that surrounds his speech at lioonvillo. dd against the fugitive. I , S. Court nt Detroit. At the opening of the Court on the 10th inst., Mr. Norvell, the District Attorney, announced the death of Mr. Polk, in a abort snd pertinent address, and concluded with a motion for the adjournment of the Court. J ml go McLean said in response ; "Tlie Court have heard of the death of Mr. Polk with deep n-grrt. Distinguished by Ihe suffrages of his countrymen, he bus had an important agency ia public eveuls for Ihe last four years. His acts belong lu history ; but suddenly and unelH rlrdly, he has been cal'ed to Ins account. Whnt an impressive lesson is this to all ! How transient are worldly honors, and bow light and worthless are Ihey, when compared to our eternal destiny. Having filled ihe clurf magistracy, Mr. Polk be longed to the nation, am) Ins loss, in proper sense, is ualional. Sympathising with his friends, snd especially with ihose who leel the bereavement most sensibly we direct the Court to be now adjourned, and ihat these proceedings be entered upon our records." Ohio six per cent. slwksare considerably above par in the Eastern eint s, snd a "head and shouldrrs" tier than Ihe stks of other Slates, in Loudon, bo much fvr Wing mle.-A". Tonh. Troubles of Gold Digging There are those who exult over the discovery of the precious metals iu California, and thu conquest of that country by (he United Stales, and who believe that the possession of a region abounding in gold is all that is necessary to the accumulation nf boundless na tional wealth and power. There aro those even, who rejoice over the depletion of its energetic snd adventurous citizens, which our country ia suffering, and deem that it is well repaid by the rich stores ol gold which they ore bound to accumulate. Wo confess that we have not been nble lo view the matter entirely in that light. California abounds in gold, which the hardy may acquire at the risk of (heir lives and at tho expense of their comfort. But the wentern plains are already doited with the graves of Ihose who have gone from uuioiig us flush ed wilh the hope to secure wealth in I lie irwly dis covered el-dorado. Where are not Ihe dead of the gold diggers? They reposo amonlie coral groves of the ocean, amid the snows of tho .Vtrada ; Iheir bones arc hidden in the marshes of ihe Isthmus, and repose along the banks of the Mississippi arid Missouri. The fallen will soon outnumber Ihe survivors; and weak and pestilence-stricken, thousands will reach the mines, to feast their eyes upon those deposits which their physical debility wilt prevent them from enj oying. The following letter, taken from tho New York Herald, is well calculated tu awake apprehension that all is not well iu California : San Fiiakcisco, April 2Mb. A great ninny people ire nulling here, with tlie idea Ihat everybody is digging gold by shovels full, in the streets; but to their no r row and miserable disappointment, they will, in many cases, find ihe real slate of the case quite the reverse of that. When 1 first camo here, last M iy, I found a town of about 400 people, most of i In m going up lojilie mines quietly, and a great proportion of them gelling over 2l)tl0 dollars in three months' tune, though some got little or nothing, and many, more than four or five thousand dollars. Bui one side ol (lie story has not yet been told, except in a very, very few instances or rather has not heciiexplaim-d. A great many are now lingering with disease brought on by exposure in the different mines, and their coarse manner of living; and in cases of slijflil sickness, an almost entire lack nf proper nourishment and a He ml mi cu loo frequently hurries the vie inns lo their long home. The town of San Francisco is now over-run with peopls of all nations, but a small part of whom are aide to find shelter in a house or shed of any kind. The beach and hills are covered with sailors, merchants, Spaniards, & o., !tc , camped out in tents, with their goods lyitij about in tlie greatest profusion. Board that is, it you are so fortunate as to find any bearding place al all is $10 per week. Carpenters' wairrs are nominally $15 per day ; but there is no lumber lo bn had, and Ihey mud of course be idle until some arrives. One hundred and fifty lo two hundred dollars pur month for seamen's wages, are advertised daily round Ihe streets. But a mighty reaction will soon lake place; people will come lo their senses, and go to work at some oilier business than mining. There are a number of Oregon men here, who have been down two or three umnilis, and have got from one lo four thousand dollars apiece : but they are tired of the business, and say they had rather return home to their lar ins, and put their seed into the ground. About 3iio hundred of them are going back immedi ately, and many have gone to other parts of thecountry. I he banks ol Ilie rivers in the mininar rerrion. are now crowded with people of every kind and descrip- 1 Here is no law amotii the in at present, except what they make for themselves. Manv who nn up to the mines are sadly dunppoinled : iuslesd of beinir nble to shovel up the gold by tho buckets' full.aa some of I hem seem to have expected, they find there is a great deal of toiling, hardship and privation to be enduredcamping out in the open air, snd living on the coarsest fare, at exorbilanl prices. If they are taken sick, they must gel along the beat way they can, because Ihey are far away from any assistance, except Winn triey could nave nan wiien well ue had one died nut of mir company, last summer, for want of proper nonmhment. Folks at home, that are at all well situated either wilh farms or with business of any kind, that will support their families and enable them to lay up anything at all hud better stay just where they are there is no mistake about (Ins. There will be more misery here, the next six mnntliv in this very country than people can liavo any idea of at home. We learn from a letter received in town, dited San Krancuro, April 20th, Ihat Mrs. Simmons, of Woodstock, Vt., wife of Cnpt. B Hitninnns, late master of the ship Magtinlis,nf New Bedford, died at San Fran Cisco, of Panama fever, soon after her arrival there. Capt. and Mrs. Simmons left New York on the lit of February, in the Falcon, and went up from Panama in (he Oregon. Il was (heir intention lo make Califor nia their home. Capt. S. will bring Ihe remains of his wife lo the United States by the next steamer. Tho Flyria Courier Mr. Gldding. We regret that we cannot agree wilh the editor of the Elyria Courier, in regard lo the importance of the election of the Hon. J. It Giddings tu represent that district in the National Legislature. Il aeema to us, Ihat in admitting Ihe want, in Mr. G. of any exclusive merit in his anti slavery sentiments, tho editor con cedes away hi whole case of exclusive slaim lo the seat, leaving him on that score, in precisely the posi lion of any other individual. If it is on account of prtrioui terriers that ilie right of a ro election is based, we say : It was at first given to him at li s own derire, and it Is loo late now to charge a rvward for doing that, the privilege to do wliu h was sught as a favor. If he seeks such pay ment, a re-f lection would only increase Ihe obligation instead of reducing ils amount. Again, we do not know that " Mr. Guiding now exerts a powerful influence.' Willi Ihe Locol'ocos, he certainly can have little, and with Ihe Win 4 less, Nor is he entirely undistrusted by Ins Free Soil assu cialea. Possessing such qualities as he does, and ob noxious to such charges as ho is, Ins moral influence may well be questionable ; and a man whose towering ambition is so much more prominent than his attachment to principle, cannot long pass without suspicion, even by those who are enlisted in the same cause. In Ihe furtherance of any cause, and esecially one so important, and presenting such hih moral claims, il is of the greatest importance that the instrument by which good is sou n lit to be dono should be unsuspected Now thero are substantial charges against Mr Giddings, involving not only his political consistency, but his personal hoiirsty. They are chugcil, proved and acknowledged, and they are a omicluBive and insuperable objection Between the 1st and tho 8th inst , several cases of cholera occurred at Alton, III, The first victim, as we learn from the Telegraph, was (be wife of our old and esteemed friend, S 11. Dolbee, the junior publisher of that paper. :-fr1Ffffi,& By Tdrgrapli to the Ohio State Journal. Indian Massacres-vi'lte Cholera in Mexico. New Uhliani, June 22. Editors Ohio State Journal : Late advices from Vera Cruz, stale that the Indiana have killed iu all, over five hundred California emigrants, passing through Mexico, They were also committing great depredations on the Texan frontier. Tho cholera is raging dreadfully in tho interior of Meiico. Mexican It u mors New Yoke, Juno 20. Editors Ohio State Journal: A letler published in the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer, of this morning, dated San Jose, Mexico, April 30, says : A rumor prevails that the Mexican government, taking advantage of the failure of our boundary commissioners to meet at the tirno prescribed by the treaty, for the settlement of tho line, intend to claim the whole of the rich mines 011 Ihe Gila and its tributaries. I'tfS Presidents. Tho Proscription)!!., The lachrymose patriotic gentlemen who keep up a continual cry airaiust Gen. Taylor, for Ins tvrannv 111 removing Locniocoe from nlliee, rtmemltr to forget what has taken place nerciuiorc,anu even what is now under their eyes. In January! h20, there waa a great Jackson feaslin Washington, an account of winch may hp found in the United Slates Telegraph, of the 3lh of Ihat month. The following is from tiits Telegraph account: ''Gen. Van Ness, Vrtstdtnt. Dr. him, Col. Tow son, N. Lnlfbofoilgll, Dr. Win. Jones, Toast by the Hon. Mr. Ilohhie : The President f.'rrt May Ins supplicated magnanimity be instructed by the fable of the Man and the Kronen Adder. By Amos Kendall, Esq: Cihce Holders Ilia fust man and tailhlul putdio officer merits forbearance, but let I) 1111 wuo spares 1110 savage, beware ol his tnuia hawa. By Col. Gardner: lien John P. Ian , Chair man of the Jackson Central Committee A firm and unyielding patriot," If our memory is mil at fault, Abraham Bradley was tlirm First Assistant Postmaster General, and Dr. rinneas Bradley was Second Assistant, or performed Ihe dunes now performed by Ihat officer. These brothers bad grown up in the General Post Office. Andrew Coyle bad long been the Chief Clerk, and was an excellent officer. Col. Gardner had then a minor position in the office. The Messrs Bradley and Co) le employed all their lime in Ihe discharge of iheir official duties, while Cl, Gardner found leisure tu do a liiile for "ihe parly." General Jtekson waa inaugurated after having proclaimed Ins hostility to proscription. Judge Mclean was asked In continue in Ihe Post Office, snd agreed to do eo. The ' getters up " of ihe new Cabinet determined upon proscription " aa a party measure. This General Jarksoti yielded to, snd in'imated it lo Judge MrLenn. The Jui!e refused to be governed by the rule 111 ihe Post Office, and General Jackson immediately transferred bun to ihe Bench, and gave the Post OlhVe lo Governor Barry. Shortly after tho inauguration, M.ijor Hohhir, then or shortly he lore, a member of Congress from New York, supplanted Abraham Bradley, in thai way Instructing the " magnanimity " of General Jackson, by "the fable of the man and the frojen adder." The Major makes a eood officer, and Judje Collamer's s-tmttucted niauuaniiiMty continues lum in lua place. Colonel Gardner took Ihe place of Phnieas Bradley, "a firm and unyielding patriot," and the uoimtrmtU magnanimity of Judge Collamer continues lum in the eily Post Office, wbirli he liow holds. Dr. William Jones was appointed to thu city 1'oM Office, in Ihe place -f Thos. M"nrte, who, tlmuuli an old and faithful officer, was converted into a n:ra addir. Olis-diab It. Brown took Hie place of Andrew Coyle. N. Loui(bboioiigh, another of the Vice Presidents,sue-eerib-d lum Dr Him lived in Washington, ami died in 1832. Amos Kendall waa afterwards appointed Postmaster, and as such unspnnnuly us d the tomahawk " nf ihe "savago " upon officers mentirg ' forbearance."Lei ihese lieryime gentlemen, who have such an iinroiiqiirrnble dislike lo proscription, lock back over a few years of thnr own history. Illness of Gen. icott. New Yokk, June 27. Editors Ohio State Journal : Gen. W infield Scott is ill with a chronic diarrhoea. at West Point. Cholera. Cincinnati. June 28. Editors Ohio State Journal : Thero were 08 interments of persons deceased nf cholera, to noon to-day, and 3!) of other diseases. Of these 107 were interred in Irish and German ceme teries. Wm. Chnnin, I.'aq. It will be seen by tlio paragraphs below, that this gentleman, formerly tlie Superintendent of tho Ohio Institution for tho Blind, has been appointed to the ko situation in the Pennsylvania Institution, at Phil adelphia, devoted to the same object. Tho character which bo bore in this community the success of his administration in the Ohio Institution, and the pros perous condition in which he left it are pledges that he will nut fail lo do honor to himse.'f and give entire satisfaction in the new situation to which he hai been called. is resignation of bis place as head of the Ohio In stitution produced a general feeling of regret, and we are glad that lua experience aud qualification! as a teacher of the blind are about to be turned lo account in a sister Institution elsewhere. From the Geneva (Jam tie. Geneva Femai.k Inhtitcti. It will be seen in our advertising columns to-day, that Mr. Cruris, tho worthy Principal of the Geneva Female Institute, is about to commence the last quarter he is to spend among us. We are very aorry lo lose so estimable a citizen and valuable a member of society ; but are consoled with the reflection that his lalt-iiis, though lost to this community, are to be employed in a wider and not less honorable field. Ho has been appointed Principal of the Pennsylvania Institution for Ihe instruction of the Blind, at Philadelphia his duties lo oommence the first ot September next, Ho leaves, we are nappy a say, wun the entire conlnlence Slid best wishes of the citizens of Geneva and vicinity. Meanwhile, measures will be taken to continue the Seminary, which hn leaves in so flourishing a condition, ono of the first class. We trust the citizens of Geneva will take some pains lo ensure Mr. C. a Isnru class for Ihe next, his last, term. From the Geneva Courier. We learn that Mr. Wim.iam Chaiin. Prinelnal of the Geneva Female Institute, has been appointed "neipm 01 me. 1 KNNSVLVANU INSTITUTION FOR THI iNsmrcTioR or the Bi.inh. in Philadelobn. and th.t he will leave here at the close of Ihe next Quarter. about the 1st September next. As the prospects of the Seminary are more favorable thon al any former period, we understand it is Ilio purpose of Mr. Chapin to make arrangements that will secure its continuance as a Female Academy of the highest class. 1 he citizens ot our village will regret to pari with Mr. Chapin, who came to reside smonir us two or three years since, and who, in his capacity as Principal of the Female Institute, (of winch he was the founder) has contributed much in ffivinrr chancier tn our village aa a seat of learning, and endeared himself lo ils citizens. Washington, June 25 P. M. O flic In I Appointments. ATTORN FYS. Henrv Williams. ftr the Hhia nf nnr,;B i Francis Barlow, declined. Wm. II. Ilaigh, for North Carolina, vice Henrv W. Miller, declined. LAND OFFICERS. Wm. ShffTield, Receiver at Defiance, O. Abner lloni, Register at Defiance, O. N. (ireefl Wilcox. Itrfoit or al Hiill.(A ll:.... ta, vice Samuel Leech, removed. J. 1. II. Stapp, Receiver at Vaudalia, Illinois, vice Daniel Gregory, removed. Iloitb V w.-t.i.i-ii N.tfli,;in.i... r John F. Payne, deceased. The Two Banners tnke ronr Choice! " Lnder which king, Bentosi I" "I am opposed to thoexercise of any jurisdiction by Congress over tnia matter; (slavery in the territories) because 1 do not see in the constitution, any grant of Ihe requisite Dower to Cont-reas." firm. '' v.i..f son l.tttir. Il is absurd to deny to Congress the power to legis-late as it pleases upon the subject of slavery in ternto . . . rnwuu ,MiT ppw. r, inn wun me BAnouon of all authorities, Stale and Federal, from Ihe founda tion 01 our government to ine present time, it is absurd In elaim il fur Urn la-.iii.rL.ia il..- L. c I of government but that which Congress gives them, uu ..- iKi-ir (lu-ier uui mat wmcn congress allows them." llenton m speech mt Jefferson City. Cholera. Dr. Kphraim Buck, of Bnstnn, says: "Since tho cry of cholera amongst us, I have been called to many imaginary cases of il, but 1 have had but two thai were in any way entitled to the name. One recovered and the other died.' The death was that of Mr. Remick, Ihe seaman, respecting which the Doctor remarks -, "Allow me, therefore, to say, that while I do not deny that Remick died of choltrat yet 1 believe htm to have died of the same disease which 1 have been called upon lo treat, more or less, every summer for the last thirty-right years, known generally by the name uf ehoUrn morbus. I am unable to point out the difference. If there be any, it seems to me to consist in this ntily, that the disease usually known aa ckolcr morbus is a sporadic, and that tho choltrsi is an epidemic form of tlio same disease neither of which it oonlagious. " I am of opinion that if the name cholera, which in the ears of many is but liUla short of a dealt) knell, could be obliterated frum the mind, and the old honest name of cholera morbus were again reslorrd, the san alive effect upon the public mind would be astonish, ing, and tho little, disturbances ol Ihe stomach and bowels, so much complained of by very many at this tune, would be thought no more of than they were in those years Ihat have gone by, and none but the iiu. prudent in eating or drinking would have any reason to tear the so much dreaded disease, " I would, therefore, recommend as the belt indemnity against the cholera, (for so I suppose it must now be called,) a clear conscience, a buhl heart, and temperance 111 all tlungs " The Missiaatppl Overflow. The New Orleans Bulletin of 1'Jlli 111st , refers as follows to the Sauve crevasse, and the renewed operations to stop it : "The advieea continue favorable the anaee vettn close, it is said, does not exceed 30 (eel, bill the depth of the water in it is upwards nf 20 feet, and Ihe cur rent runs inrniigh it with great impetuosity. We shall be well pleased hen we learn thai it is actually closed. It continues to recede slowly from the rear of the city. The river, we learn, falls very slowly. The Survey ors, yesterday, made, a requisition for 10,0110 more sieks, which ihoy ihmk will bo all that they will ru quire, which we sincerely hope will lie Ihe ease." A telegraphic dispatch of the 20th, S P. M., says 1 The great crevasse was olosed this evening, and ihu water is rapidly receding. The river is rising." A Iratb r from Ihe country, a few days since, while mn km n Ins spring purehssesin a wholesale store in the vn-iiniy of Milk streel, was asked, among a host of other thinu", if he didn t want some half mourning proils. " Wall," says he, " 1 rather guest I do ; tbo folk" up our way are pit about half dad these dsys." Uoiton I'ost. The name of the town of Uloouungton, Iowa, liaa been changed to Muscatine.